Last two evacuation flights from hantavirus-hit ship to depart Monday afternoon

May 10, 2026 8:51 PM EDT

Exterior of the emergency unit area of Sant Joan university hospital where a woman with symptoms consistent with a hantavirus infection is being treated, according to local media, in Alicante, Spain May 8, 2026. Spanish health authorities said the suspect

(Corrects country ‌reference ​in ​paragraph 2 to the Netherlands instead ‌of New Zealand)

TENERIFE/MADRID, May ⁠10 (Reuters) - The final two ‌flights to evacuate ‌passengers from the cruise ship hit by a ​deadly hantavirus outbreak docked near Tenerife ⁠will depart on Monday afternoon, Spain's ​health minister said on Sunday evening, adding 94 ​passengers had ‌been evacuated so far.

One flight frm ⁠Australia will carry six passengers and another from ⁠the Netherlands will take 18 ​passengers, with both flights also taking passengers from other ‌countries which did not send their own ‌repatriation flights, officials ⁠have said.

(Reporting ‌by Corina ​Pons, Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Aurora ‌Ellis)



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