Overview
- Evacuations from the Hondius off Tenerife continued Monday, with U.S. evacuees landing in Nebraska and France confirming its first case tied to the cruise cluster.
- U.S. officials said one of 17 repatriated passengers tested weakly positive for the Andes hantavirus and another developed mild symptoms, and all are under care at Nebraska Medicine, while Spanish authorities later noted an inconclusive result and a second lab test reported negative for the weakly positive case.
- France’s health minister said a passenger who fell ill during her flight home tested positive and worsened overnight, and authorities identified 22 contacts now subject to isolation measures.
- WHO and ECDC count eight illnesses linked to the ship, including three deaths, and advise a 42‑day monitoring window for those exposed, while assessing the broader risk to the public as low.
- Spain is completing staged repatriations and plans to send the vessel to Rotterdam for cleaning, and countries are issuing guidance and orders, including 45‑day quarantines for two Italian contacts traced to a KLM flight.