No vaccines or specific treatments exist for hantavirus Last updated: May 10, 2026 | 16:30 Passengers wearing blue protective suits board a French govenment plane at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport after being evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026 AFP-ANTONIO SEMPERE Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began flying home from Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday in a complex repatriation operation. Three passengers from the MV Hondius - 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. Get updated faster and for  FREE : Download the  Gulf News  app now - simply  click here . No vaccines or specific treatments exist for hantavirus, which is endemic in Argentina, where the ship departed in April.…