Spain preps evacuations as hantavirus-hit ship heads for Canary Islands 

MADRID — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise shipheaded for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. The vessel is expected to arrive Sunday at the Spanish island of Tenerife, off the coast of West Africa, and passengers will be taken to a “completely isolated, cordoned-off area,” said the head of Spain’s emergency services, Virginia Barcones. Both the U.S. and the U.K. have agreed to send planes to evacuate their citizens from the cruise ship. READ: 38 Filipinos among crew of […]...

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