UK nationals on hantavirus-hit cruise ship to isolate in hospital on return

British passengers and staff on the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be taken to a hospital in northwest England for an initial isolation period once they are repatriated, UK health authorities said on Saturday.

The ship, the MV Hondius, is expected to anchor off the Spanish island of Tenerife early on Sunday, following which the 22 British nationals on board will be flown back to Britain.

Spain had said earlier that the UK, as well as Germany, France, Belgium...