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


Reuters | Updated: 11-05-2026 03:23 IST | Created: 11-05-2026 03:23 IST
CORRECTED-Last two evacuation flights from hantavirus-hit ship to depart Monday afternoon

‌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.

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