Evacuated hantavirus patients land in Amsterdam

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Two patients from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have landed in Amsterdam's airport.

One of the evacuees is suspected of having the infection.

The cruise ship, which had almost 150 people on board, departed Cape Verde and headed to Spain's Canary Islands.

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Hantavirus normally spreads by inhaling contaminated rodent droppings and can spread from person-to-person, but the WHO has said that this is rare.

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