ABC News' Maggie Rulli describes how passengers will disembark the MV Hondius cruise ship as global health authorities work to contain an outbreak of hantavirus aboard.

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship Hondius @Jake | Travel | Boston ✈️🗺️ is just one of the passengers on the ship and he wants to be heard. #fyp

The cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has been refused permission to dock, with nearly 150 people still on board - two of them seriously ill are waiting to be evacuated for treatment.

The number of confirmed hantavirus cases on board a cruise ship has risen to five as health officials race to stop the virus from spreading while the ship heads to the Canary Islands. ABC News' Victor Oquendo has the latest. #news #hantavirus