Tenerife residents are deeply concerned that the imminent docking of a luxury cruise ship, which is experiencing a deadly hantavirus outbreak, could mark the start of a ‘Covid 2.0’ scenario.
Three people have died after becoming infected with the hantavirus on the vessel, currently on its way to the Canary Islands to evacuate passengers after being stranded for days in Cape Verde.
Joana Batista, the Port Workers’ Union representative, told Reuters her colleagues were ‘really worried because they basically haven’t been given any information at all.’
‘They haven’t been told anything about what safety measures are going to be put in place, whether
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