A 53-year-old Hong Kong woman died and five others were injured in a head-on car crash in Furano, Japan, involving a rental car carrying a Hong Kong family and another vehicle with Japanese nationals. Police are investigating why the rental car crossed into oncoming traffic.
Hong Kong police arrested a 37-year-old man after a photo circulating online showed him riding a motorcycle with a young child and another passenger, violating laws against carrying more than one passenger and children under eight without a sidecar.
Dutch officials confirmed about 40 passengers disembarked on St. Helena after a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, including the wife of a deceased Dutch man who later died in South Africa. Another passenger who disembarked at St. Helena tested positive for the virus in Switzerland.
British crew member among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary IslandsEurope live – latest updatesWhat is hantavirus?Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British crew member, have been medically evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the outbreak.The crew member, along with a Dutch colleague and another passenger, were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed. Continue reading...
British crew member among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is heading for Canary Islands after Spain said vessel could dockEurope live – latest updatesWhat is hantavirus?Three people including a British crew member with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the outbreak.The crew member, along with a Dutch colleague and another passenger, were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed. Continue reading...
