Hantavirus Outbreak on MV Hondius Reaches Canary Islands: Experts Support Evacuation Plan (xataka.com)

• MV Hondius with hantavirus (Andes variant) approaches Tenerife.
• Canary Islands government opposed; central government and WHO supported.
• Experts: virus only via close contact; Spain equipped for isolation.
• Plan: anchor, boats to shore, buses to airport; Spanish to Gómez Ulla Hospital.
• One patient evacuated to the Netherlands.

"The cruise ship MV Hondius, experiencing an Andes strain hantavirus outbreak with fatalities and quarantines, heads to Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife. The Canary Islands government disagreed, but the central government and WHO decided to bring it. Experts Maria João Forjaz, Pedro Ignacio Arcos González, and Mar Faraco back the decision, noting the virus only spreads through close contact, not aerosols, and Spain has isolation units and drills. The ship will anchor; passengers will transfer via boats and buses to the airport. Spanish passengers, symptomatic or not, will quarantine at Madrid's Gómez Ulla Hospital. One patient already evacuated to the Netherlands."