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MV HONDIUS EVACUATED AT TENERIFE — 42-DAY QUARANTINE FOR FILIPINO CREW, FRENCH EVACUEE SHOWING SYMPTOMS
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Rome watches Tenerife revive the ghost of Costa Concordia.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
Italy, where any cruise ship disaster immediately revives the memory of the Costa Concordia, If the Hondius is not comparable in gravity, the image of a distressed ship, a rushed evacuation, and a cruise company overwhelmed by events strikes the same chords. ANSA covers the Canary Islands evacuation and first passenger returns, but La Repubblica (relayed by ANSA) publishes an investigation into sanitary protocols on cruise ships: are they sufficient to detect an ongoing epidemic? The suggested answer: no, not in the case of a rodent-transmitted virus whose initial symptoms resemble a common flu.
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London — paratroopers on Tristan da Cunha, passengers quarantined at a former Nightingale Hospital