Three people have died since the outbreak began, and five passengers who left the ship earlier are infected with hantavirus.

As the remaining passengers head for the Canary Islands we look at how the virus spreads and what is being done

Countries are preparing to manage 140 people on a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.

Some on the Spanish island worry that the imminent arrival of the MV Hondius could pose a health risk.

The world has watched the news of deaths and evacuations anxiously, and those still onboard MV Hondius face a wary reception in the Canary Islands

Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus.

The MV Hondius, hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is set to anchor off Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on Sunday. About 80 passengers will be evacuated by Zodiac boats and…

The MV Hondius is heading for the Canary Islands where Britons on board will be transferred to Merseyside hospital

The World Health Organization says Hondius passengers will disembark in groups in Tenerife, Spain, before taking flights home amid hantavirus outbreak.

BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from the port in Tenerife where the MV Hondius is soon to dock, after a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

About 150 people will be flown home as the MV Hondius arrived near the port of Granadilla in Tenerife.

The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived early on Sunday near the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Reuters footage showed, where it will anchor for the…

Passengers and some of the crew are to evacuate before the ship, where an outbreak of hantavirus led to the deaths of three people, continues on its way to the Netherlands.

Eight people on board fell ill, including three who died. Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person-to-person.

Three people have died since the outbreak began, and five passengers who left the ship earlier are infected with hantavirus.

This is the moment the first Hantavirus-hit cruise ship passengers disembarked the vessel in off the island of Tenerife. Spanish health officials described the situation as…

The MV Hondius, the cruise ship stricken with a hantavirus outbreak, is evacuating its nearly 150 passengers in the Spanish island Tenerife on Sunday.

Spain has begun the evacuation of the first passengers from the MV Hondius ship which arrived in Tenerife on Sunday

Britons among passengers and crew taken off vessel and put on flights to 10 countries, while France and US later say two people showing symptoms

Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship had been infected with hantavirus, which can cause life-threatening illness