Hantavirus latest: Cruise ship to dock in Tenerife early Sunday as UK sends plane to evacuate passengers
Britons on board the MV Hondius cruise ship where there is a Hantavirus outbreak are set to return to the UK.
The 22 passengers are expected to reach Tenerife on Sunday, with the hope of flying them back to the UK the same day.
They will be tested on the ship before they disembark, it is understood, and they will then be taken directly from the ship to the plane.
The transfer is expected to take place on the same day, although transfer time to the UK could be impacted by the time the ship lands and the weather.
They will self-isolate for 45 days.
It comes after a woman in Spain is the latest person to be tested for a suspected hantavirus infection following an outbreak on a cruise ship.
The suspected case involves a woman who was a passenger on the same flight as a patient who died in Johannesburg after travelling on the MV Hondius and contracting the virus, Spain’s health secretary said on Friday.
