Spain to repatriate asymptomatic passengers of hantavirus-hit ship

La Spagna rimpatria i passeggeri asintomatici di una nave colpita da hantavirus


Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde. REUTERS/Stringer (Reuters)

MADRID, May 6 (Reuters) - All passengers remaining aboard a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are asymptomatic and non-Spanish citizens will be repatriated to their countries after the ship arrives in Tenerife in the Canary Islands from Cape Verde, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia said on Tuesday.

The non-Spanish passengers will not be required to quarantine in Spain, with the decision being up to their home countries, Garcia told a news briefing. She addded the 14 Spaniards will be transferred by plane to a hospital in Madrid to quarantine.

(Reporting by David Latona, writing by Andrei Khalip, editing by Aislinn Laing)

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