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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robyn Vinter in Tenerife

UK passengers on hantavirus-hit cruise to be flown to Merseyside for quarantine

The MV Hondius cruise ship with multiple decks and a red tender boat sails on calm water.
The MV Hondius off Praia, Cape Verde on Wednesday. Authorities would not allow the ship to dock amid fears of a wider outbreak overwhelming the country’s healthcare system. Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP

Passengers from the UK who are on board the hantavirus-afflicted cruise ship heading for Tenerife will be flown to Merseyside on Sunday for hospital quarantine.

The 19 British passengers and three crew will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, which hosted British people returning from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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