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

Gli ultimi due voli di evacuazione dalla nave colpita da hantavirus partiranno lunedì pomeriggio


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 suspecte (Reuters)

(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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