Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife
Health officials are evacuating nearly 150 passengers and crew after six confirmed cases and three deaths, while remaining travelers face quarantine and repatriation.
- The cruise ship MV Hondius docked in Tenerife on Sunday, May 10, 2026, as Spanish officials began the evacuation process and boarded the vessel for final health checks before disembarking passengers.
- Monitoring the evolving situation, the Department of Health and National Health Protection Office coordinate with international partners including the European Commission, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and the World Health Organisation.
- Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia announced that passengers from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Greece will depart first, with a complex final flight tomorrow transporting six people from Australia, New Zealand, and Asian countries.
- The Irish Government has arranged to transfer the two Irish passengers directly from Tenerife to Ireland upon disembarkation, where they will quarantine in a Health Service Executive facility and undergo active monitoring.
- Thirty crew members will remain on board to sail to the Netherlands, where the ship will undergo a full disinfection process to contain the hantavirus.
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Operation accompanied by the WHO provides for isolated withdrawal of passengers in the Canary Islands after hantavirus outbreak leaving three dead on board the MV Hondius.
This group will be immediately transferred to Tenerife Sur airport to be evacuated to a military hospital in Madrid, where they will be quarantined and after the departure of the nationals, a plane will take off from the Netherlands to pick up passengers from Germany, Belgium and Greece, as well as several crew members.
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Kristina Böker, ARD Madrid, zzt. Tenerife, for the evacuation of the cruise ship "Hondius"[more]]>
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