Tenerife residents protest in fury upon hantavirus ship's arrival

Residents of Tenerife took to the streets to protest the pending arrival of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship on Friday as Spanish authorities prepared to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members. Health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations  once the MV Hondius docks on the island and plan to take passengers to a 'completely isolated, cordoned-off area.' But dozens of locals and port workers gathered yesterday outside the Canary Islands' parliament building in Tenerife, holding placards, blowing whistles and chanting slogans calling for more information ahead of the ship's arrival.