Two individuals, an American citizen and a French woman, evacuated from a cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak, have tested positive. Spain is defending its sanitary measures during the complex evacuation.

An American citizen and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials said, as the repatriation operation continued on Monday. Following the positive test results, Spain defended the rigour of its sanitary measures during the complex evacuation Sunday of 94 people of 19 different nationalities from the MV Hondius, which is moored in the Canary Islands. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from Bichat Hospital in central Paris.