Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Sam Jones in Madr from World news | The Guardian on (#75HRN)
French woman taken to Paris in serious condition while American flown to Nebraska is asymptomatic, say officials
A French woman and an American national evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive for the virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those onboard continued on Monday.
The French woman was one of five French passengers who disembarked from the ship in Tenerife on Sunday before being flown to a hospital in Paris.
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