• The luxury cruise ship MV Hondius with about 150 people on board, stranded off Cape Verde due to a hantavirus outbreak, is heading to Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
  • South Africa confirmed that the Andes strain, which can rarely spread human-to-human, was identified in a deceased Dutch woman and a British man still hospitalized.
  • Switzerland reported a passenger returning from the ship is infected with hantavirus and being treated in Zurich, with no danger to the broader population.
  • The Netherlands is coordinating evacuation of three patients, while Spain agreed to take the ship at the request of WHO and the EU.
  • Contact tracing is underway with 62 contacts identified, including flight crew and healthcare workers, all under monitoring.

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