Last passengers from hantavirus-hit ship evacuated; American tests positive

The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have landed in the Netherlands, as a repatriated US passenger tested positive for the respiratory infection. The two planes carried 28 evacuees from the MV Hondius, which had been docked in the Canary Islands , including six passengers and 19 crew members, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. …