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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife with Spanish passengers to be evacuated first – Europe live

passengers remain asymptomatic and that the first nationals to be evacuated will be the Spanish ones, [according to Spanish newspaper El País](https://elpais.com/sociedad/2026-05-10/ultima-hora-del-brote-de-hantavirus-en-directo.html). ![Spanish health ​officials boarded the ‌MV Hondius

Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

passengers and crew so they can be evacuated after weeks stranded at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius vessel, on which at least eight people fell ill, is due to reach the [Spanish

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. **Misper Apawu/AP** Misper Apawu/AP MADRID — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than

Two hantavirus cases confirmed, five more suspected on stranded cruise ship

Evacuations planned for symptomatic passengers Despite the deadly outbreak, “the atmosphere on board MV Hondius remains calm, with passengers generally composed,” the ship’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said in a statement late on Monday

Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands

passengers of the MV Hondius. “The Canary Islands are the closest location with the necessary capabilities,” it said. “Spain has a moral and legal obligation to assist these people, among whom are also several Spanish

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

MV Hondius on the island of Saint Helena on 23 April, as reported by [Spanish newspaper, El País](https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-06/spanish-passenger-on-the-hondius-there-are-23-people-who-got-off-on-saint-helena-and-have-been-wandering-around.html). “There are 23 people wandering around there, and until three days

Two Britons self-isolating in UK after being on hantavirus cruise ship

MV Hondius](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0294829ndo) following the hantavirus outbreak since it departed from Argentina a month ago. Spanish authorities have given permission for the ship to dock in the Canary Islands, despite concerns from local

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife

MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port early on Sunday, escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, according to data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder. The ship had left for Tenerife on Wednesday from

Spanish authorities prepare for arrival of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

MV Hondius will remain at anchor in the port of Granadilla and will not dock in Tenerife. Passengers will be evaluated onboard and will not have any contact with the local population when they

Anger and resignation in Tenerife as hantavirus ship approaches

MV Hondius cruise ship approaches Tenerife, the people of the Spanish island await it with a mixture of uncertainty and, in some cases, anger. The Spanish government has agreed with the World Health Organization

Canary Islands refuses to allow MV Hondius with hantavirus to dock

Spanish government saying it would be permitted to do so. The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, said regional authorities could not allow the MV Hondius – currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde

Cruise ship hantavirus strain can spread among humans, says South Africa

passengers ashore because of the outbreak. Late on Tuesday, the Spanish health ministry said it had been asked by the World Health Organization and the European Union to take the MV Hondius and had given

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MV Hondius have died, one is in intensive care in a South African hospital, and [three others were evacuated](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-hantavirus-strain-andes-spread-humans-south-africa) from the ship on Wednesday. Another man who left the ship earlier

Crew members on hantavirus cruise ship to be evacuated | First Thing

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

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus arrives in Tenerife to evacuate passengers

evacuation of those onboard. The ship arrived in the Canary Islands in the early hours of Sunday morning carrying 146 people, after three people died of the virus and eight more became ill. While nobody

Two Britons evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship ‘improving’ in hospital

evacuated from the [hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands)-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica)

Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak

MV Hondius set off from Ushuaia in Argentina, the most southern city in the world, on 1 April. "Fresh snow on the mountains, autumn colours along the shoreline and even some amazing wildlife," Rosmarin

Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says

MV Hondius ship set sail from Argentina to start its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. It is currently anchored near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Investigators are working

Cruise ship waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

MV Hondius, a Dutch ship on a weekslong polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica and several isolated islands in the South Atlantic, had requested help from local health authorities after making

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

passengers of the health event," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. A total of 146 people from 23 different countries remain aboard the MV Hondius under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide