Evacuation of three people from ship in Cape Verdes ‘ongoing’, says WHO officialpublished at 10:01 BST
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The evacuation of two sick crew members and one other person from the Hondius in Cape Verde is “ongoing”, the World Health Organization says.
“The three of them are stable, and one of the three is asymptomatic,” WHO Cape Verde representative Ann Lindstrand tells AFP.
The cruise ship is expected to depart Cape Verde following the evacuation.
The ship’s Dutch operator Oceanwide Expeditions said on Tuesday that two seriously ill crew members – one British, one Dutch – and a passenger would be taken off the ship and flown to the Netherlands.
After the evacuation, “our plan is to proceed to the Canary Islands, either Gran Canaria or Tenerife, which will take three days of sailing,” the operator said yesterday.
“Discussions are ongoing with relevant authorities.”
