Once the MV Hondius anchored near Tenerife, passengers started disembarking in small groups to begin their quarantines.

Fifteen passengers were welcomed to the University of Nebraska Medical Center's quarantine unit and one person is in the biocontainment unit.

At least three passengers have died, and several other people are sick. The WHO considers the risk to the wider public from the outbreak as low and on Friday, confirmed that a flight attendant on a plane briefly boarded by an infected cruise passenger had tested negative.