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.

Spain's health ministry said the MV Hondius is expected to arrive within three to four days.

Swiss authorities confirmed the third Hantavirus case linked to the Hondius cruise ship outbreak—a man who sailed onboard in April—as the vessel is set to sail to the Canary…

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The president of the Canary Islands said he was opposed to allowing the ship to dock in Tenerife and requested an urgent meeting with the prime minister.

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The ship's doctor is among those believed to be infected. The ship itself is headed to Spain.

The Spanish government says it is carrying out a health operation in coordination with the European Union, while authorities of the archipelago criticize a decision they say has…

Los españoles a bordo del ‘MV Hondius’ serán evaluados y confinados en el Hospital Gómez-Ulla, que dispone de unidades de aislamiento de alto nivel para casos sintomáticos

A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will reach the Spanish island of Tenerife "within three days", with the evacuation of passengers to start from May 11, Spain said…

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

‘Unprecedented operation’ under way to receive MV Hondius off Tenerife to assess and repatriate those onboard

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.

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…

A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain's Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks…

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.

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.