- Spain is leading a "compassionate" and "efficient" international operation to evacuate over 140 people from the MV Hondius cruise ship, anchored near Tenerife, following a hantavirus outbreak.
- The evacuation, coordinated with 23 countries, began on Sunday and is expected to conclude by Monday afternoon, with passengers being disembarked by nationality.
- Spanish health minister Monica Garcia highlighted the unprecedented nature of the evacuation and Spain's capacity to lead such a public health emergency.
- Authorities confirmed that no passengers on board were showing symptoms of the hantavirus, with 14 Spanish nationals being the first to be flown to a hospital in Madrid.
- Twenty-two British passengers and crew will be repatriated to the UK on a chartered flight and transferred to an isolation facility at Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral.
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