ANOTHER passenger on board the hantavirus-hit cruise has now tested positive as the deadly outbreak continues to run rampant.

Mass evacuations have seen the MV Hondius ship emptied out with the latest infected holidaymaker being from the US.

Cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in TenerifeSeventeen US passengers on the cruise were evacuated on SundayCredit: Reuters

In total, 17 US nationals were the last passengers to escape the vessel o Sunday as it was stopped in the Spanish Canary Islands.

They were assessed by medics who boarded the rat virus cruise ship and checked the passengers for hantavirus symptoms.

The Americans were then loaded into small boats before being transferred by bus to the airport, where a repatriation flight was waiting.