US Passenger Tests Positive For Hantavirus After Evacuation From Cruise Ship (Latest Updates)
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- The passengers and a “limited number” of crew members onboard the MV Hondius began disembarking at the port of Granadilla, Spain, on Sunday morning, cruise ship operators said, beginning at 6:24 a.m. local time.
- The passengers were “transferred immediately” to aircraft taking them to their home countries, Oceanwide Expeditions said.
Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Topline One American passenger evacuated from the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship has tested positive for the virus, while another is displaying “mild symptoms”, U.S. authorities said late on Sunday after 17 U.S. passengers onboard the ship were evacuated from the vessel and are on their way to Omaha.
American citizens arrive onshore after being evacuated from the MV Hondius in the Granadilla Port in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain.Getty ImagesTimelineSunday, May 10, 2026In a statement issued on X, the Department of Health and Human services said 17 Americans have been evacuated from the cruise ship and are being airlifted from Tenerife in the Canary Islands by the State Department.
The statement noted that two of the passengers are being transported in the in the plane's biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution” after one displayed mild symptoms and another “tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus.”