Overview
- WHO now counts five laboratory‑confirmed Andes‑variant infections tied to the MV Hondius, plus three suspected cases and three deaths, and it assumes person‑to‑person spread occurred on board.
- Two medical flights moved evacuees to Europe, with one patient confirmed positive and isolated at Radboudumc and another reported stable at Düsseldorf’s university hospital.
- Spain ordered the cruise ship to Tenerife for a controlled arrival and disembarkation, while Canary Islands leaders publicly opposed receiving the vessel.
- Dutch authorities are tracing 388 people from a Johannesburg–Amsterdam KLM flight after a traveler later died, with public‑health teams warning incubation can stretch to about two months.
- Spain expects to coordinate passenger pickup and repatriation in Tenerife under national and EU plans, and hospitals in Leiden and Nijmegen have activated isolation units and specialist teams.