Tagesschau (ARD) · 📍 Las Palmas · 2mo ago
Hantavirus: MV Hondius arrives at Las Palmas — Spanish health teams screen 146 passengers
The cruise ship MV Hondius docked at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on May 12, 2026, carrying 146 remaining passengers from 23 countries. The Canarian Health Service (Servicio Canario de la Salud) conducted health screenings on arrival; passengers meeting symptom criteria were transferred to University Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria for observation. Spain's Ministerio de Sanidad confirmed no cases of local hantavirus transmission. Spain had already been included in the international contact-tracing network alongside the United States, Singapore, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.