Hantavirus Ship Heads for Canary Islands as Patients Evacuated

A vessel that’s grappling with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus evacuated three people suspected of carrying the pathogen on Wednesday and will head toward Spain’s Canary Islands and offload the roughly 150 passengers still on board.

The MV Hondius left Cape Verde, off Africa’s west coast, on Wednesday. It will likely arrive at the Granadilla de Abona port in Tenerife on Saturday, Spanish Health Minister Mónica García told reporters.