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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robyn Vinter in Tenerife and Angelique Chrisafis

Dozens of people from cruise ship struck by hantavirus leave Tenerife

People wearing blue plastic ponchos, hair coverings and face masks carry large plastic bags after disembarking the ship
Spanish passengers wearing blue plastic ponchos and hair coverings after leaving the ship in the Canary Islands. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Dozens of passengers and crew from countries around the world have been evacuated from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

British people were among those taken off the ship as part of a two-day operation that began on Sunday in Tenerife. They were put on chartered flights back to the UK, where they will enter hospital quarantine in Merseyside. At about 9pm on Sunday, a plane carrying 22 UK citizens landed in Manchester, it was reported.

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