Spain readies for evacuations as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
MADRID: (May 9) Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials said they will perform careful evacuations.
The vessel is expected to arrive Sunday at the Spanish island of Tenerife, off the coast of West Africa, and passengers will be taken to a “completely isolated, cordoned-off area,” said the head of Spain’s emergency services, Virginia Barcones.
Both the US and the UK have agreed to send planes to evacuate their citizens from the cruise ship.
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