Passengers begin evacuating from cruise ship hit by hantavirus

Groups of ​passengers and crew disembarked from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on Sunday to be evacuated to their respective countries in a ‌process overseen by global health officials and expected to last until Monday.

The passengers, none of whom were showing symptoms of the virus, were taken to Tenerife airport in military buses to be evacuated from the island in government planes sent by their respective countries, government officials said, emphasising that they will have no contact with the public.

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