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The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.
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The head of the World Health Organization has addressed local anger in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, where passengers from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be allowed to disembark on Sunday
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The Ministry of Defence says the ship will prepare to join an international mission to safeguard shipping, but only when fighting in the region ends.
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Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are infected with hantavirus.
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