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Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Spain's Tenerife - CNBC
TENERIFE, SPAIN - MAY 10: The MV Hondius arrives in the Granadilla Port on May 10, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)Chris Mcgrath | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesSpain said it had begun bringing Spanish passengers ashore from the cruise ship that was hit by a hantavirus outbreak anchored near Tenerife on Sunday, with groups of nationals from other countries to follow.Spanish nationals were the first to disembark on small boats in groups of five and be taken to shore, where they were transferred onto buses and taken to the local airport.The passengers, who are not showing any symptoms of the virus, will board a flight back to Madrid on a Spanish military plane and taken to hospital to be quarantined, government officials said, emphasising that they will have no contact with members of the public.The luxury cruise ship left for Spain on Wednesday from the coast of Cape Verde, after the World Health Organization and the European Union asked the country to manage the evacuation of passengers following the detection of a hantavirus outbreak.No rodents detected on the shipCountries including Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the U.S., the UK, and the Netherlands confirmed on Saturday that they had sent planes to evacuate their citizens, though local government officials in the Canaries said not all planes had arrived by Sunday morning.The World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update on Friday that eight people no longer on the ship had fallen ill, including three who died — a Dutch couple and a German national; of the eight, six are confirmed to have contracted the virus, with another two suspected cases.All passengers on the MV Hondius are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe's public health agency said late on Saturday as part of its rapid scientific advice, adding that the risk to the general population remains low.Evacuation by boat of Spanish nationals from the cruise ship MV Hondius anchored near the port of Granadilla, on May 10, 2026, in Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The evacuation operation of the MV Hondius cruise ship with hantavirus is ready to start the operations of disembarkation and transfer of the passengers to their respective countries.Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty ImagesThe WHO has recommended a 42-day quarantine period for passengers aboard the ship starting from Sunday.Spain's health ministry added in a report sayi...
Spain starts evacuating virus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife
28 minutes agoSarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Granadilla, Tenerife ReutersThe first passengers to be evacuated from the cruise ship are Spanish nationalsSpain has started evacuating passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship anchored near Tenerife in the Canary Islands.Health Minister Mónica García said the operation was "proceeding normally" and that all passengers on board the MS Hondius were still asymptomatic.With a long camera lens, passengers could be seen wandering around on the deck of the ship, or at the windows, all in white medical face masks, as the first evacuation took place.Several sat socially distanced on the small evacuation boat, filming and taking photos as they approached land, where they were met by officials in white protective suits.The ship's passengers are being divided into groups by nationality to be ferried to shore. They will be taken by bus to the local airport, where charter planes will repatriate them to their home countries.Fourteen Spanish nationals will be the first to disembark, then those flown out by the Netherlands, including Dutch, Greek and German passengers, and part of the crew.Other flights are poised to depart after that, including to the UK and US. The last evacuation flight is expected to leave on Monday to Australia.ReutersPassengers were pictured boarding buses to Tenerife's airportThe Hondius pulled into the port of Granadilla before dawn on Sunday, a month after the first passenger died on board.The sun then rose to reveal it anchored offshore, with military police boats on patrol and a major operation unfolding on land to help more than 100 passengers and crew disembark.At about 07:00 (06:00 GMT) on Sunday, medical teams went on board to check everyone for signs of the virus.There have been meticulous preparations to receive the ship, which won't be permitted to reach shore: a security perimeter of one nautical mile was enforced around it as it approached the island.Dozens of intensive care specialists are on stand-by at the Candelaria hospital in Tenerife in case anyone from the Hondius becomes seriously ill during the transfer. A strict isolation facility has one bed fully equipped to deal with infectious diseases, complete with testing kit and a ventilator."We are absolutely ready," chief intensive care doctor Mar Martin told me on the unit, where large numbers of protective suits, masks and gloves are already piled up for staff."We've never seen [hantavirus] before – ...
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship reaches Spanish port for WHO-led evacuation ...
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea ...
Spain prepares for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship ... - PBS
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where ...
