Spain rolls out unprecedented operation to disembark evacuees of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

After a 40-day voyage, and amid great international attention, the MV Hondius entered the port of Granadilla de Abona, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, at 6:00 a.m. this Sunday. On board the cruise ship were the 152 people who had endured an outbreak of the Andes variant of the hantavirus, the only known strain that can spread from human to human.