Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak as the vessel heads for Spain’s Canary Islands. Multiple outlets report the ship is expected to arrive in the port area of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife sometime over the weekend, with expected arrival dates ranging from Saturday to Sunday. Spain’s emergency services chief Virginia Barcones says the evacuees will be taken to a completely isolated, cordoned-off area once the ship docks. The government also indicates that passengers will be repatriated to their home countries after arrival. Several sources say the U.S. and the U.K. have agreed to send aircraft to evacuate their citizens. Reporting describes the response as careful and controlled, with health officials planning to manage passengers and crew under isolation procedures. Details on confirmed cases and specific medical measures aboard the ship are not consistently provided across the articles summarized here.
Spain prepares to evacuate passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship to Canary Islands
Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak as the vessel heads for Spain’s Canary Islands. Multiple outlets rep...
- Spanish authorities prepare to receive more than 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.
- The ship is expected to arrive at Granadilla/tenoriffe in the Canary Islands around Saturday or Sunday.
- Evacuees will be moved to an isolated, cordoned-off area after the ship docks.
- Spain plans to repatriate passengers to their countries of origin following arrival.
- The U.S. and the U.K. are reported to have arranged planes to evacuate their citizens.
Ship is anchored off Tenerife in the Canary Islands; passengers will be evacuated through Monday
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