Six from hantavirus cruise ship leave Arrowe Park hospital to isolate at home

Dozens of British nationals were flown back to the UK after being evacuated from the MV Hondius in Tenerife. Photograph: Toby Shepheard/AFP/Getty Images

Six people who were evacuated from the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak have left Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral to complete their isolation at home, health officials have said.

The passengers from the MV Hondius had been admitted to the Merseyside hospital, the UK’s initial Covid quarantine site, for checks by public health and clinical specialists.