CDC preps US passengers on hantavirus ship for airlift as Canary Islands weather looms

The US CDC is dispatching staff to meet American passengers aboard the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius in Tenerife’s Granadilla port and escort them back to the United States on a charter flight, as worsening coastal weather threatens disembarkation. Spain will screen and quarantine arriving passengers, with some Spanish passengers sent to a military hospital and others repatriated, while active monitoring and PCR testing are planned. A separate CDC team is heading to Nebraska to quarantine returning Americans. The repatriation and landing plans are being coordinated with the State Department and international partners amid ongoing hantavirus concerns.