00:01An American citizen and a French woman who were evacuated from the cruise ship struck by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak
00:08have tested positive, officials said on Monday.
00:11The woman was among five French passengers that were repatriated to Paris in an evacuation operation that began on Sunday
00:18and had developed symptoms on the flight.
00:21The American passenger that tested positive was not showing symptoms, U.S. health officials said.
00:27Ninety-four people of 19 different nationalities have so far been evacuated from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondias, which is
00:34docked on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands.
00:37Spanish officials said the rest of the ship's nearly 150 passengers and crew would be evacuated by Monday afternoon with
00:44flights to Australia and the Netherlands.
00:47The World Health Organization recommended close monitoring of the passengers and many countries quarantined them.
00:53The cruise ship will depart for the Netherlands with about 30 crew members on Monday evening.
00:59On Friday, WHO said six cases of the Hantavirus had been confirmed, with two additional cases probable.
01:07Three passengers, a Dutch couple and a German woman, died after falling sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads
01:14through rodents.
01:16While WHO has warned more cases are likely in the next weeks, it said the risk for global public health
01:22is low and downplayed comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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