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WHO chief tells Tenerife people that risk from hantavirus-hit ship 'low'

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09-05-2026 | 08:08

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WHO chief tells Tenerife people that risk from hantavirus-hit ship 'low'

The WHO chief assured the people of Tenerife Saturday that the risk to them from an arriving cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak was "low" and thanked them for their "solidarity".

"I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another Covid. The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low," World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in an open letter to the people of the Spanish island where the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius was expected to arrive Sunday.

"I personally thanked Prime Minister Sanchez for Spain’s decision to receive this ship. I called it an act of solidarity and moral duty. Because that is what it is," he added.

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