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Hantavirus MV Hondius, hantavirus outbreak, arrives in Tenerife 10 MAY 2026 

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Duration:03:17

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Puerto de Granadilla, Tenerife, Canary Islands 10MAY2026 (NATS)

  • MED of cruise ship anchored in the harbour
  • WIDE of cruise ship anchored in the harbour, with WHO in the foreground
  • WIDE of a small boat travelling across the screen
  • WIDE of a small boat moving across the water with the cruise ship in the background
  • WIDE of a Civil Guard boat with the cruise ship in the background
  • WIDE of a helicopter
  • WIDE of a person in PPE standing by a fence

Soundbite (English) Dr Boris Pavlin, Medical Epidemiologist, WHO

We’ve been in contact with epidemiologists, on the ship who have been assessing the passengers and crew to make sure that everyone is, not having any symptoms and that they are, and trying to understand how close their risk their exposure was to any of the sick individuals.

Puerto de Granadilla, Tenerife, Canary Islands 10MAY2026 (NATS)

  • WIDE of a group of people wearing PPE

Soundbite (English) Dr Ana Paula Coutinho Rehse, Infection, Prevention and Control Officer (IPC), WHO

My role basically is to make sure also that the information that we get from the epidemiologists is contextualized in how we can use preventives and control measures so then people can disembark, get into a plane, and hopefully very soon get back to a normal life.

Puerto de Granadilla, Tenerife, Canary Islands 10MAY2026 (NATS)

  • Various drone shots showing passengers disembarking the ship, onto a smaller boat
  • Various shots inside a tent of WHO and Spanish MoH planning and discussing the ongoing operation
  • WIDE/WIDE of broadcast media with cameras and lights
  • Various shots of WHO and MoH in discussion
  • Various shots of buses, with people in PPE waiting to assist passengers board the bus before being taken to the airport.

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