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cruise Australia will repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident from the MV Hondius, the ship at the [centre of the hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), on a charter flight due to land in Perth
hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, Spain, 10 May, 2026. Photograph: AP The two outbreaks “are just the latest crises in our troubled world”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening
Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people
outbreak of [hantavirus](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l00588wq/what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus) has shown symptoms of the disease while being repatriated to France, the country's prime minister has said. Sébastien Lecornu said the French national developed symptoms while
cruise ship that departed Argentina on a polar expedition. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated that the “risk” to the global population is “low”. The captain and the ship’s 26-member crew remain
cruise ship](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/spanish-authorities-prepare-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-hondius) and evacuating its passengers and crew. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to follow the WHO’s advice and recommendations, which include a 42-day quarantine and constant monitoring of high
cruise to some of the most remote places on Earth. Instead, hantavirus claimed the lives of three of his fellow passengers on the MV Hondius - sparking an international frenzy over how and where to repatriate
response to the proposal emphasized its rights as a nation. NPR's Aya Batrawy tells *Up First* the big picture here is that there is [no trust in these negotiations](https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5818084:x). Trump withdrew
cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, arrives for disinfection at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters **Ukraine’s president [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy) suggested
cruise ship](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands). The Dutch-flagged vessel, which was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde, is due to arrive off the Canary island of Tenerife at around midday on Sunday. After negotiations between
outbreak will be brought to a UK hospital to isolate. Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral, Merseyside, was notably used as the UK's quarantine site at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
cruise ship was completed. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that two planes carrying the final [28 evacuees](/news/2026/5/12/last-passengers-from-hantavirus-hit-ship-evacuated-american-tests-positive) had landed in the Netherlands. Their arrival from Spain’s Canary Islands concluded
response activities, contact tracing, laboratory testing capacity, and hospital readiness nationwide” had been enacted. There are 10 confirmed cases of Ebola, 336 suspected, and 88 deaths in the DRC. Among the dead are at least
cruise ship on which an outbreak of hantavirus occurred. Tedros Ghebreyesus stressed that "this is not another Covid" and that there were no symptomatic passengers currently aboard the MV Hondius, in a personal message
outbreak of hantavirus on luxury cruise ship the MV Hondius [is to be medically evacuated](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/british-crew-member-dutch-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-hantavirus-cases), officials have said. 4. ***Tax*** | An increased windfall tax [should be imposed](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/06/raise-windfall-tax-on-banks-urges-tuc)
cruises that served as vectors of disease transmission. As Bjorn Thor Arnarson wrote in Scientific Reports, “human transportation was needed to distribute the virus to new places.” Those moving most freely across borders were overwhelmingly
cruise ship in the South Atlantic, killing three passengers and causing at least 11 to test positive, carries its own set of baggage: passengers were crisis actors, or it was caused by Covid vaccines
ship and [Ebola](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The internet has responded accordingly, with the situation evoking painful reminders of COVID-19 for many people. Questions [filled with fear](https://www.reddit.com
cruise ship, came into contact with another passenger who was sickened by Andes virus, a type of hantavirus. She has attempted to appeal a federal order to quarantine in a North Dakota facility, asking instead
responsible for the large 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak, up to 90% of cases are fatal if untreated, according to the U.S. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/outbreaks/index.html). That's the strain