Cape Verde & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Cape Verde: Cape Verde authorities initially denied permission for ill passengers to disembark from the MV Hondius, complicating medical evacuations. Negotiations are ongoing for medical transfers and disembarkation.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the chief of World Health Organization, is personally involved in coordinating the evacuation efforts in Spain — Tenerife.

Cape Verde: Cape Verde refused to receive the MV Hondius, leading to diplomatic challenges and the ship remaining offshore its capital Praia before Spain intervened.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as the head of the World Health Organization, has been a key figure in managing the communication and coordination efforts regarding the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius. He has stressed the low global public health risk while also warning of potential new cases due to the virus's incubation period.

Cape Verde: Cape Verde was a stop for the MV Hondius, where three infected individuals were evacuated earlier in the week.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO chief, is overseeing the evacuation efforts in Spain and reassuring the public about the low risk of hantavirus transmission.

Cape Verde: The MV Hondius departed from Cape Verde before the hantavirus outbreak emerged.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, is heading to Tenerife to coordinate the evacuation and has reassured Spain — Canary Islands residents that the public health risk from hantavirus remains low.