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Hantavirus evacuee airlifted to Amsterdam after emergency landing off Cape Verde
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Published on 7 May 2026
A patient was moved from a cruise emergency at sea
An air ambulance carrying a passenger believed infected after a hantavirus hit a cruise ship landed in Amsterdam following an emergency evacuation off the Cape Verde coast. The patient is reported to be in stable condition and was taken to the Netherlands for treatment, days after two other evacuees arrived late Wednesday.
- Air ambulance lands in Amsterdam after Cape Verde evacuation
- Passenger believed linked to a hantavirus-hit cruise ship
- Patient reported in stable condition
- Two other evacuees arrived in the Netherlands earlier
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