The head of the World Health Organisation has issued a message to reassure residents of the Spanish island where passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship are due to be evacuated. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, carrying more than 140 passengers and crew, is making its way to Spain’s Canary Islands, situated off the West African coast, and is anticipated to dock at Tenerife this morning. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday at the island, where he, alongside Spain’s Health Minister Monica Garcia and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, planned to oversee the disembarkation of passengers and selected crew members. “I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word ‘outbreak’ and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment,” Tedros said in a statement addressed to the people of Tenerife. “But I need you to hear me clearly: This is not another COVID. The current …