GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain: A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday (May 10), where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea. 

The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived near the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, AFP journalists reported, confirmed by data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder.

Passengers and some of the crew are expected to evacuate before the ship, where an outbreak of hantavirus led to the deaths of three people, continues on its way to the Netherlands. 

Three passengers from the ship - a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman - have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents.

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