European nations dispatch planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

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European nations are coordinating to evacuate their citizens from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak, with Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands dispatching planes for the mission. The EU and UK will also assist in transporting remaining passengers.

Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship ​hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, Spain's interior minister said on Saturday, adding that transport will also be arranged by the European Union, the US and the UK for the remaining passengers.