Global News Podcast Evacuation begins of hantavirus ship
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May 11, 2026 
Guest
Mimi Swaby
Guest
Lina Sinjab
Guest
Simon Jones / Will Grant (Field correspondents)
Guest
Sarah Rainsford
Mimi Swaby, a reporter on Mexico’s protests and disappearances, and Lina Sinjab, covering a landmark trial in Damascus, join Sarah Rainsford from Tenerife on the MV Hondius evacuation. Field correspondents Simon Jones and Will Grant bring on-location dispatches from Tristan da Cunha and Kansas City. The conversation focuses on the ship’s hantavirus evacuation, WHO quarantine action, courtroom developments in Syria, and frontline reporting from remote and sporting locations.
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Coordinated International Evacuation Contained Hantavirus Risk
- The MV Hondius evacuation was a tightly coordinated international operation led by Spanish authorities and WHO to limit hantavirus spread.
- Passengers were ferried by small boats to sealed airport zones, wore protective clothing, and were flown home under strict safeguards.
Follow WHO 42 Day Quarantine Recommendation
- Follow WHO quarantine guidance after potential hantavirus exposure to reduce community risk.
- WHO recommends 42 days of quarantine and countries varied implementation with military hospital isolation or hospital-to-home self-isolation.
Parachute Medical Mission To Tristan da Cunha
- British medics parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha to reach a man with suspected hantavirus because the island has no airstrip.
- Six paratroopers, an intensive care doctor and a nurse jumped and dropped oxygen supplies; locals served cottage pie to the team.