American evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive
Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms for the pathogen aboard their separate aircraft.
TL;DR
- Passengers from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship were evacuated and began flying home on Sunday.
- The evacuations followed the ship's anchoring in the Canary Islands.
- One American passenger tested positive for hantavirus.
- A French traveler on a separate aircraft developed symptoms of the pathogen.