Hantavirus ship repatriation flights planned to US, UK, and five EU countries

Repatriation flights for passengers from the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are already planned to the United States, Britain, France and other countries, Spain’s interior minister announced on Saturday.

For passengers from countries “that are not part of the EU and do not have the air resources to repatriate their nationals”, the Spanish authorities were forming a plan with the Netherlands and the ship’s owner and insurer, Fernando Grande-Marlaska told a press conference.