The last evacuees disembarked in the Canary Islands, and a smaller crew is now en route to Rotterdam, where the ship will be disinfected, officials said.

The MV Hondius, the cruise ship that had carried passengers infected with hantavirus, anchored off the Spanish territory, where other passengers would soon disembark.

The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.

But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.

Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously.

Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.

Health authorities said three passengers from the MV Hondius had died after showing symptoms of the rare disease, with another critically ill and three more showing mild symptoms.

Three passengers of the MV Hondius died after showing symptoms of the rare disease. Health authorities confirmed one case and are investigating five others.

Three people aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died from what health officials suspect were hantavirus infections.