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

By Thomson Reuters May 10, 2026 | 7:51 PM

(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)