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hantavirus-hit cruise ship have arrived on Merseyside to isolate in a hospital block last used to quarantine Britons who travelled back from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Built to house
cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife. A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands
hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, it is finally approaching Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Intensive preparations have been under way to receive the ship in the port of Granadilla and help more
cruise ship at the centre of a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus) have tested positive for the virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued on Monday. The French woman
MV Hondius](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/mv-hondius-ice-breaking-expedition-cruise-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak) are being [prepared for medical evacuation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/british-crew-member-dutch-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-hantavirus-cases) to the Netherlands, as the cruise ship continues to be marooned off the coast of Cape Verde following a suspected hantavirus
MV Hondius had been "immediately placed in strict isolation until further notice". The French citizens are [among more than 90 tourists to be ferried home from the Dutch vessel on Sunday](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno), which
MV Hondius anchored at Tenerife were evacuated and escorted to shore by officials in full protective gear on small boats on Sunday. They were then put on planes that began to fly to several destinations