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France Isolates Five Hondius Repatriates, PM Calls Ministers Meeting

5/10/2026

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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened a meeting with health, interior and foreign ministers and announced that five repatriates from the MV Hondius are in isolation.
One passenger who developed symptoms during the flight was treated at Paris’s Bichat hospital.
World Health Organization (WHO) classified all former Hondius passengers as needing 42 days supervision, and flights on May 10 continued to move cruise-ship passengers from Tenerife to other ports.

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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu convened a meeting with health, interior and foreign ministers and announced that five repatriates from the MV Hondius are in isolation.
One passenger who developed symptoms during the flight was treated at Paris’s Bichat hospital.
World Health Organization (WHO) classified all former Hondius passengers as needing 42 days supervision, and flights on May 10 continued to move cruise-ship passengers from Tenerife to other ports.