Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Passengers Leave Spain

TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The first plane carrying passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship has departed from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands. They are headed for a military hospital in Madrid on Sunday. Spanish nationals were the first to leave the ship which is anchored off Tenerife. They will be under quarantine when they reach Madrid. Only Spanish nationals will quarantine in the country. The cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions listed 13 Spanish passengers and one Spanish crew member on board.