Tenerife resort town awaits hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Locals react to cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak which is set to dock in southern Tenerife.
Locals react to cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak which is set to dock in southern Tenerife.
I live in Playa de las Américas and I’m worried about the hantavirus spreading. They should quarantine that ship before letting anyone off.
Hantavirus is no joke—it has a 38% mortality rate in the Americas. I hope the local health authorities are taking this seriously.
At least the cruise ship is docking in southern Tenerife, away from the main tourist hubs. Still, I’m canceling my trip there next week.
Didn’t they have a similar outbreak on a cruise ship in Norway last year? You’d think they’d have better screening protocols by now.
The article says the ship’s been at sea for days—why wasn’t it diverted to a port with better medical facilities? Tenerife’s hospitals are already stretched.