UK passengers on hantavirus-hit ship will fly home after Tenerife screening

The MV Hondius is heading for the Canary Islands where Britons on board will be transferred to Merseyside hospital

Passengers from the UK who are on board the hantavirus-afflicted cruise ship heading for Tenerife will be flown to Merseyside on Sunday for hospital quarantine.

The 19 British passengers and three crew will be transferred to Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral, which hosted British people returning from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.