BREAKING: Canary Islands Refusing To Accept Hantavirus Cruise Ship, As Sickened Passengers Airlifted
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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The stranded, virus stricken cruise ship has just been told it cannot dock in the Canary Islands, after Spain’s health ministry said it would accept its passengers and crew. The Canary Islands said there is not sufficient information to guarantee public safety after 3 people died and at least 4 others were sickened from a rare strain of the Hantavirus that can spread from human to human. We go over the latest developments, including 3 people who were just airlifted off the ship, as well as infectious disease doctors who are headed to the vessel to assess this growing medical nightmare with global implications.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Wednesday, May 6th, and this hauntavirus horror story above a board a cruise ship, I should say, is getting scarier by the moment. |
| 0:20.1 | It's not just concerned. Now, concerns about the people who are |
| 0:23.5 | on that ship, there are concerns that some people who might have been infected got off and not |
| 0:29.6 | exactly sure where they are. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:33.9 | Robs, I was stuttering and fumbling through that intro, because this story, to be quite honest with you, we have written it several times this morning and had to keep rewriting it because it has been changing by the moment. |
| 0:43.8 | Yes, this is a developing story that is changing by the moment. Here are the latest developments. So last night, when we all went to bed, Spain said, it is our moral obligation. It is our humanitarian |
| 0:56.7 | obligation to welcome the ship to the Canary Islands. We will have the facilities available to |
| 1:02.3 | screen these passengers, treat those who might be sickened or infected, and we'll take this on. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, just moments ago, the Canary Islands are rejecting now the docking of that cruise ship. |
| 1:16.1 | So there is now a back and forth as to where this ship is headed. |
| 1:21.4 | Right now, it is stranded, and we now know that at least three people have been evacuated just moments ago from this ship, |
| 1:28.2 | but there are a lot of questions, as you pointed out. |
| 1:31.4 | So, folks, first, we want to let you know if you've been following us, you know we have been |
| 1:35.4 | traveling, and in the background you might hear some wind, some seagulls, and yes, some waves. |
| 1:40.0 | Those waves are to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1:42.3 | And far, far north and to the east of where we are is |
| 1:46.3 | where this ship is robed and where it's been for several days now. This was a reminder here, |
| 1:50.7 | folks. It was about a month-long tour that these people were taking on this adventure of a |
| 1:55.7 | life sign, bucket list, I think they were saying, type of cruise ship. Now we have three dead, |
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