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Hope for Stranded Cruise Passengers as Spain Agrees to Receive Hantavirus-Hit Ship

Key Aspects: MV Hondius, which is currently navigating a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives, won’t be able to disembark as planned in Cape Verde, Africa. Instead, Spain is preparing to safely welcome the ship and disembark passengers. Once medical evacuations for several critical guests are complete, the expedition ship will begin the journey to the Canary Islands. An end may be in sight for the approximately 150 people stranded onboard Oceanwide Expeditions’ MV Hondius, who are living through an unprecedented hantavirus outbreak that has already led to three dea...