{"id":15726,"date":"2026-05-11T00:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/greek-passenger-of-virus-stricken-ship-to-be-repatriated-sunday\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T00:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T00:44:21","slug":"greek-passenger-of-virus-stricken-ship-to-be-repatriated-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/greek-passenger-of-virus-stricken-ship-to-be-repatriated-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek passenger of virus-stricken ship to be repatriated Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1303387\">\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.png\"><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.png\" alt=\"Greek passenger of virus-stricken ship to be repatriated Sunday\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hondius-960x600.png\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>The cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. REUTERS\/Pedro Nunes<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A Greek citizen, passenger on the cruise ship MV Hondius where a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus has occurred, is expected in Athens later Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek citizen, who has not shown symptoms of the disease, will nonetheless be quarantined for 45 days in a specially prepared negative-pressure chamber at Athens\u2019 Attikon University Hospital, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060World Health Organization has recommended a 42-day quarantine period stating MV Hondius passengers, whose evacuation started Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A Dutch aircraft will take the Greek passenger, alongside others, from Tenerife, in Spain\u2019s Canary Islands, to Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. A special Hellenic Air Force flight will take him to the Elefsina air base, west of Athens, where he will be picked up by an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>A Rescue Service physician and a nurse, as well as the President of the Public Health Organization\u2019s Scientific Council, will accompany the man in the flight from Eindhoven to Elefsina, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Medical experts agree that transmission of Hantavirus to humans is difficult and rerquires prolonged exposure to infected rodents\u2019 waste, saliva or blood.<\/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\/1303387\/greek-passenger-of-virus-stricken-ship-to-be-repatriated-sunday\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. REUTERS\/Pedro Nunes A Greek citizen, passenger on the cruise ship MV Hondius where a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus has occurred, is expected in Athens later Sunday. 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