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  "path": "/news/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship-docks-at-tenerife",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T07:43:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
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    "passengers",
    "Britons aboard MV Hondius will be repatriated to hospital used for Covid-19 quarantines",
    "Scientists sequence deadly cruise ship virus as outbreak mystery deepens",
    "Britons trapped on virus-hit cruise ship could be flown home from Tenerife this weekend",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBritons aboard the hantavirus-ridden cruise ship could be flown home as soon as today after the vessel finally docked at the island of Tenerife this morning.\n\nBefore dawn, the vessel approached the port of Granadilla around one nautical mile away from land. The ship is not allowed to dock at the shore for security purposes.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe crew dropped the anchor at sea to ensure the vessel remains in isolation away from the island.\n\nOnce Spanish health authorities assess the passengers to confirm they all remain asymptomatic, around 100 will be allowed to disembark and sent to the mainland in small boats.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe passengers will take sealed buses to the airport, which is around 10 minutes away.\n\nThey will then board repatriation planes to head to their home nations.\n\nIts docking on the holiday hotspot is the latest step in the systemic operation designed to combat the spread of the rare Andes strain of the virus.\n\nThirteen Spanish passengers and one crew member will be evacuated first.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nGovernment chiefs confirmed groups of other nationals will follow suit.\n\nThe 22 Britons on board the hantavirus-stricken ship will be flown back to the UK today.\n\nThe group will be tested on the ship before evacuating and then shipped directly to the plane, it is understood.\n\nOnce they arrive in the UK, they will be ferried to a Wirral hospital for clinical assessment and testing, health chiefs confirmed.\n\n### HANTAVIRUS LATEST:\n\n\n\n\n  * Britons aboard MV Hondius will be repatriated to hospital used for Covid-19 quarantines\n  * Scientists sequence deadly cruise ship virus as outbreak mystery deepens\n  * Britons trapped on virus-hit cruise ship could be flown home from Tenerife this weekend\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe patients will stay at the facility for 72 hours. Then, specialists will decide their fate: isolating at home or anywhere else.\n\nLocals and even presidents of affected nations are brimming with fury at the latest developments, with the meticulously planned operation involving 23 countries.\n\nThe President of the Canary Islands has said he \"won't be calm\" until all of the passengers and crew members have left the island.\n\n\"The risk of contagion for the general population is low,\" health minister Mónica García said on Saturday.\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"We believe that alarmism, misinformation and confusion are contrary to the basic principles of preserving public health,\" she added.\n\nSecurity measures have been particularly bolstered ahead of the next step in the international operation.\n\nIn the port, Spanish military forces and disaster response teams have been established.\n\nLarge reception tents have been erected and access to the shores has been cordoned off in anticipation of the ship's docking, which took place at 7am local time.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Hantavirus-infected cruise ship arrives in Tenerife with Britons set to fly home as soon as TODAY"
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