WHO seeks to reassure ‘worried’ Tenerife residents over arrival of hantavirus-hit ship

The MV Hondius cruise ship is heading to Tenerife (Misper Apawu/AP)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sought to reassure “worried” Tenerife residents they will not encounter passengers of a hantavirus-hit cruise ship set to dock on the island.

The UN agency said there had been six confirmed hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius ship and that four patients were currently in hospital.