Spain's health minister says evacuation from hantavirus-hit ship to run into Monday afternoon

TENERIFE, May ​10 (Reuters) - The ⁠evacuation process ​of passengers from the cruise ​ship ‌hit by a ⁠deadly hantavirus outbreak anchored near ⁠Tenerife is ​due to begin shortly and will take until ​Monday ‌afternoon local time, Spain's health minister said on Sunday.

Spaniards will ​disembark first as ‌planned followed by passengers from the Netherlands, ‌whose plane will also transport passengers from Germany, Belgium, ​and Greece. After that, passengers from ‌Turkey, France, Great Britain and the United States will ⁠be ⁠evacuated, the ‌minister added, speaking to reporters at ​the ​port of ‌Tenerife. (Reporting by Victoria Waldersee and Corina Pons, editing by Aislinn Laing)