Iain Sullivan

Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

Evacuations begin for passengers on MV Hondius cruise ship off Tenerife hit by hantavirus

May 10, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

The first passengers to be evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship that is off Spain’s Canary Islands arrived Sunday afternoon in Madrid, where they are being taken to a military...

A passenger on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, takes a photo of the ship’s weighing anchor in Praia, during the voyage to Spain’s port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo)

WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed

May 9, 2026 at 12:17 p.m.

The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.

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