Spain starts evacuating passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife – Europe live

Spanish health officials says all 146 passengers remain asymptomatic

The government has begun the evacuation of the first passengers from the MV Hondius ship which arrived in Tenerife this morning, ending a journey that started in southern Argentina on 1 April.

A small group of passengers, all Spanish nationals, is now headed to Tenerife’s port of Granadilla, Spain’s health ministry said.