Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that one Japanese passenger who disembarked from the expedition vessel Hondius, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, has arrived in the United Kingdom on a charter flight arranged by the British government.
Onboard the Hondius, a passenger infected with hantavirus died. On May 10 local time, passengers disembarked at the Port of Granadilla on Tenerife Island in Spain’s Canary Islands and returned to their home countries on charter flights arranged by their respective governments.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the protection of their nationals overseas. Seats were made available for Japanese nationals on the British government’s charter flight.
The Japanese passenger is reported to be in good health and will undergo 45 days of health monitoring in the United Kingdom, based on recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and guidelines from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Notice
This article was generated using automatic translation by GPT-4 API. The translation may not be accurate.
