Narrow lead for FG in byelection poll; Hantavirus cruise passengers traced

Narrow lead for FG in by election poll; Passengers who disembarked cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

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Two people evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak boarded a Luxembourg Air Rescue  (LAR) plane in Cape Verde en route to Schiphol airport in the Netherlands on Wednesday (May 6), LAR said. The plane has landed in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday evening. Photograph: Luxembourg Air Rescue crew
Two people evacuated from a luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak boarded a Luxembourg Air Rescue (LAR) plane in Cape Verde en route to Schiphol airport in the Netherlands on Wednesday (May 6), LAR said. The plane has landed in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday evening. Photograph: Luxembourg Air Rescue crew

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