Evacuation from the liner Hondius following hantavirus outbreak: first bus spotted at Tenerife airfield
Kyiv • UNN
The evacuation of passengers from the MV Hondius has begun in Tenerife due to a hantavirus outbreak. Fourteen Spaniards will be transported to Madrid by military aircraft.
In Tenerife, buses carrying people from the MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak was recorded, have already begun arriving at a nearby airport, UNN reports, citing Sky News.
Details
Media reports indicate one bus is parked on the tarmac near the airfield, surrounded by medical workers in white protective suits.
14 Spanish citizens evacuated from the vessel will be transported by military aircraft to a hospital in Madrid.
Context
The first passengers and crew of the MV Hondius – the cruise ship that became the epicenter of a hantavirus outbreak – have disembarked in Tenerife.