First group of Spanish passengers disembarks from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Spanish nationals are first to leave as health teams test passengers and coordinate repatriation flights after eight people fell ill, including three deaths, WHO said.
- A first group of passengers, all Spanish nationals, has begun disembarking from the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak as it heads to Tenerife’s Port of Granadilla.
- Spanish authorities said the passengers will be transported from the port to the airport by military buses before being flown to Madrid on a government aircraft.
- Upon arrival in Madrid, the passengers will be taken to hospital facilities and placed under quarantine as a precautionary measure.
- Officials said none of the passengers has shown symptoms of infection so far, but all will undergo testing by Spanish health authorities to ensure they remain asymptomatic.
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First Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers Arrive in Home Countries
Passengers are evacuated by small boat from the MV Hondius in the Granadilla Port on May 10, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. —Chris McGrath—Getty ImagesThe first passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived in their home countries on Sunday after evacuating from the vessel earlier in the day. The first group was seen wearing personal protective equipment, face masks, hazmat suits and respirators as a sm…
Granadilla de Abona, Spain. The approximately 150 occupants of the Hondius cruiser, who suffered an outbreak of hantavirus, began landing this Sunday, May 10, at the port of Granadilla, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, in an evacuation operation to their countries that will end on Monday.The passengers, dressed in blue protective suits, were descending by small groups of the boat, which sailed on April 1st from Argentina before suffering the o…
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The first Dutch passengers of the Hondius are being brought from the ship to shore. Earlier, all Spanish passengers were already brought ashore and taken by bus to Tenerife South Airport, the Spanish Ministry of Health reported.
The MV Hondius cruise arrived this Sunday in Tenerife, Spain, where passengers began to be transferred to different countries. The first to descend from the ship were the Spanish passengers, who were transferred to Madrid. The military plane that transfers the fourteen Spanish passengers has taken off from Tenerife Sur airport to Madrid, where they will spend the quarantine in a military hospital. The passengers arrived at the airport of that Ca…
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