WHO chief visits Tenerife to coordinate evacuation amid hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius, raising international health concerns.
The World Health Organization's chief is due in the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday (May 9, 2026) to help coordinate the evacuation of passengers hit by the hantavirus, Spanish Ministry sources said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will accompany Spain's Health and Interior Ministers to a command post there "to ensure coordination between administrations, health control, and the application of the planned surveillance and response protocols", the sources said.
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