Three passengers have died on the MV Hondius following the hantavirus outbreak. Spanish authorities have given permission for the ship to dock in the Canary Islands, despite concerns from local officials.
About 150 people are still aboard the cruise ship under “strict precautionary measures”, Oceanwide Expeditions has said.
They include 19 passengers and four crew members listed as British, according to figures released by Oceanwide Expeditions on Tuesday.
Three people were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday to the Netherlands for treatment, the operator said – two in a serious condition, and one in a stable condition.
The three evacuees were British, Dutch and German. Oceanwide Expeditions said the German evacuee was “closely associated” with a German woman who died on board the ship on 2 May.
Among them was a 56-year-old British man, who was is in a “stable condition”.
Prof Robin May, the chief scientific officer at the UKHSA, told BBC Breakfast on Thursday that the Briton is “in the Netherlands, our understanding is he is doing well”.
“He is going to be under investigation for some time. I’m very pleased he’s now in hospital and receiving the treatment he needs,” May said.
His wife Nicola told the Daily Telegraph, external it had been “a very dramatic few days”.
She told the paper: “He’s relieved to be off the ship. He had it quite mild then it got a bit more serious and now he’s stable again.
“The fear with this virus is it can deteriorate very quickly so it’s been a bit up and down for him. I don’t believe he’s in imminent danger now but it was horrible.”