Spain's health minister says evacuation from hantavirus-hit ship to run into Monday afternoon

​The evacuation ​process of passengers ‌from the ​cruise ship hit by ‌a deadly hantavirus outbreak anchored near Tenerife is due to begin ‌shortly and will take until Monday ‌afternoon local time, Spain's health minister said on Sunday.

Spaniards will disembark ⁠first ​as ⁠planned followed by passengers from the Netherlands, ⁠whose plane will also transport passengers ​from Germany, Belgium, and ⁠Greece. After that, passengers from Turkey, France, ⁠Great ​Britain and the United States will be evacuated, ⁠the minister added, speaking to reporters at ⁠the ⁠port of Tenerife.

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