One the 17 American passengers evacuated from a cruise ship In the Canary Islands has tested positive for the hantavirus but is not showing any symptoms, U.S. health officials said late Sunday. The charter flight was carrying 17 Americans evacuated off the MV Hondius following its arrival in Tenerife,

The World Health Organization said Friday that eight people aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship had fallen ill, including three who died. Six cases have been confirmed, with two others suspected.

The United States government is sending a repatriation plane for the painstaking process of safely evacuating 17 Americans from the cruise ship dealing with a deadly hantavirus outbreak. Hunter Sowards reports.

Passengers have begun to disembark the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak, Spain’s ministry of health said. Follow for live updates.

The MV Hondius, which had carried passengers infected with the virus, anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday. Evacuations of other passengers were expected through Monday evening, officials said.

Passengers, including Americans, aboard the cruise ship stricken by a hantavirus outbreak disembarked in the Canary Islands and began flying home Sunday on military and government planes after being

There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.

The latest reports involved a man ​who fell ill after leaving the ship and a woman who became sick after sitting near an infected cruise passenger on a plane.