90-Second Read: When will passengers leave Hantavirus cruise ship? WHO details its plan

The company said passengers will leave the ship either aboard Zodiac craft carrying a maximum of five people or launch boats carrying up to 10 people under strict health protocols. CDC officials said epidemiologists and medical teams will conduct exposure assessments for American passengers and monitor them during a recommended 42-day observation period. Spanish health officials said on May 8 that a woman tested after sharing a flight with a passenger who later died from Hantavirus had tested negative, though additional precautionary testing is planned.

Passengers and a limited number of crew are expected to begin disembarking around 8 a.m. Healthy passengers will board country-specific repatriation flights in Tenerife. Once back in the United States, passengers will be transported to the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Six cases have been confirmed as Andes strain Hantavirus infections, while two remain suspected cases. After passengers disembark, the Hondius is expected to take on supplies before sailing to Rotterdam in the Netherlands with roughly 30 remaining crew members aboard. According to a May 9 update from Oceanwide Expeditions, the vessel is scheduled to arrive at the industrial port of Granadilla in Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, at 5:30 a.m.