Plans in place to bring Irish passengers on hantavirus-hit ship ship home, officials say

A Spanish Civil Guard officer inspects the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Plans are in place to bring home the two Irish nationals on board a virus-hit cruise ship, the Department of Health has said.

Three people have died following an outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius, which is expected to dock in Tenerife, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, early on Sunday.