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Hantavirus ship evacuation must happen Sunday-Monday due to weather, authorities say
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe evacuation of a hantavirus-struck cruise ship in the Canary Islands must happen between Sunday and Monday because adverse weather conditions will force it to leave, the Spanish archipelago’s regional government say.
“The only window of opportunity we have to carry out this operation is around 12 o’clock on Sunday morning and until conditions change from Monday,” regional government spokesman Alfonso Cabello tells reporters.
“Otherwise, the ship must leave and no operation could be carried out again in theory… until the end of May,” he says, citing wind and swell.
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