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Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again

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Oceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak. Three passengers died, and more than 120 people were evacuated in Spain. The ship is heading to Rotterdam for disinfection.

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  1. New York Post

    WHO warns that more hantavirus cases are likely — but ‘no sign’ of widespread outbreak from cruise ship (opens New York Post)

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    The World Health Organization announced it expects more cases of hantavirus to crop up in the days and weeks ahead, but assured there are no indications of a wider outbreak on the horizon.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Oceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak. Three passengers died, and more than 120 people were evacuated in Spain. The ship is heading to Rotterdam for disinfection.

  3. WHDH Boston

    Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak told The Associated Press on Wednesday it expects to know by the end of

  4. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Operator of hantavirus-hit ship will say by week's end when the vessel will resume cruises (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak told The Associated Press Wednesday that it expects to know by the end of the week if the vessel will keep to its schedule for the coming months, as it previously indicated it would.

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