The MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying a deadly rodent virus outbreak, is stranded off Cape Verde and needs a port for evacuation and medical care. MADRID: The Spanish Health Ministry confirmed on Tuesday evening (May 5) it would receive the MV Hondius in the Canary Islands "in accordance with international law and humanitarian principles". HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION? According to Van Kerkhove, Spanish authorities had "said that they will welcome the ship to do ... a full epidemiologic