Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that the WHO provides, but does not impose, its recommendations on member countries

WHO chief visits Tenerife to coordinate evacuation amid hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius, raising international health concerns.

Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus.

"This is not another Covid," Tedros Ghebreyesus tells islanders before MV Hondius docks on Sunday.

The World Health Organization says Hondius passengers will disembark in groups in Tenerife, Spain, before taking flights home amid hantavirus outbreak.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that WHO experts on the ground are working together with the Spanish Health Ministry

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that the WHO provides, but does not impose, its recommendations on member countries

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The UK, US and EU are asking all citizens returning home from the virus-hit MV Hondius to self-isolate for about six weeks.

All passengers from the MV Hondius have now been repatriated to their countries of origin. This marks a critical phase, as follow-up and quarantine protocols are not standardized…

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