Hantavirus-Stricken Cruise Ship Arrives at Tenerife
The Dutch-flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius anchors in Tenerife on May 10.
Photographer: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak arrived off Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, where the passengers and some of the crew will begin disembarking on Sunday, officials said.
Nobody among more than 140 people on board the MV Hondius is showing symptoms of the virus, Spanish authorities, the World Health Organization and cruise company Oceanwide Expeditions said. Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus, which can cause life-threatening illness.