{"id":15714,"date":"2026-05-10T18:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/health-system-readies-for-repatriation-of-greek-from-virus-hit-cruise-ship\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T18:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:37:55","slug":"health-system-readies-for-repatriation-of-greek-from-virus-hit-cruise-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/health-system-readies-for-repatriation-of-greek-from-virus-hit-cruise-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Health system readies for repatriation of Greek from virus-hit cruise ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1303374\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hondius-320x200.jpg?v=1778410307\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hondius.jpg?v=1778410307\" alt=\"Health system readies for repatriation of Greek from virus-hit cruise ship\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hondius-960x600.jpg?v=1778410308\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>A Spanish Coast Guard vessel operates next to hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. [REUTERS\/Hannah McKay]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Health authorities are preparing for the repatriation of the sole Greek national on a luxury cruise ship hit by a potentially fatal virus outbreak in the Atlantic Ocean, officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands-flagged MV Hondius with more than 140 people on board arrived off Tenerife in the Canary Islands Sunday and an operation to ferry its passengers to land ensued. Three people have died since the hantavirus outbreak, which is caused by contact with rodent droppings and cannot be easily transmitted among humans.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Health Minister Marios Themistocleous said that public health authorities are coordinating with Netherlands officials on the Greek passenger\u2019s repatriation. The Greek is expected to travel with a group of mostly Dutch passengers to The Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Themistocleous did not say when the Greek national was expected back and whether they would be placed in quarantine in hospital or at home.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060World Health Organization has recommended a 42-day quarantine period stating Sunday for MV Hondius passengers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1303374\/health-system-readies-for-repatriation-of-greek-from-virus-hit-cruise-ship\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Spanish Coast Guard vessel operates next to hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. 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