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evacuated in less than 48 hours an in operation described by Spanish authorities as “complex” and “unprecedented”. Three passengers from the [MV Hondius](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy) – a Dutch couple and a German woman – have died
hantavirus so far. Cape Verde was meant to be the ship’s final destination, but the nation off West Africa has not allowed the vessel to put passengers ashore because of the outbreak. Late
hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius remain asymptomatic after the vessel arrived in Tenerife on Sunday, almost a month after the first passenger died of the rodent-borne disease on board the ship. “The anchoring has been
passengers and crew members who are displaying symptoms. The MV Hondius ship set sail from Argentina to start its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. It is currently anchored near Cape Verde
evacuation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/british-crew-member-dutch-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-hantavirus-cases) to the Netherlands, as the cruise ship continues to be marooned off the coast of Cape Verde following a suspected hantavirus outbreak that is believed to have killed at least three
passengers who left the ship on the British Overseas Territory. The Dutch government said a Swiss national who has since been diagnosed with hantavirus was one of those who left the cruise at St Helena
evacuated from the MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images The 17 American [passengers of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
countries having left a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have tested positive, authorities say. The US health department said a second American national on the repatriation flight had also shown mild
passengers of the health event," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. A total of 146 people from 23 different countries remain aboard the MV Hondius under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide
evacuation of those onboard. The ship arrived in the Canary Islands in the early hours of Sunday morning carrying 146 people, after three people died of the virus and eight more became ill. While nobody
passengers and crew from 28 countries are reported to have initially been aboard the vessel, but dozens got off on the island of St Helena on 24 April. The luxury cruise, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions
evacuated passengers. Oceanwide Expeditions said the journey to the Canary Islands will take three days of sailing and that the MV Hondius will dock in either Gran Canaria or Tenerife. When the rest
evacuated to South Africa at the end of April. He remains in intensive care and has been said by officials to be "doing better". Two other British nationals are already self-isolating at home
hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, it is finally approaching Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Intensive preparations have been under way to receive the ship in the port of Granadilla and help more
evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. **Chris McGrath/Getty Images** Chris McGrath/Getty Images Seventeen U.S. cruise passengers are expected to return stateside early
evacuated from a cruise ship hit by hantavirus has arrived in the UK. They flew home from Tenerife on a charter flight after the HV Hondius docked there early on Sunday morning and will
countries on the vessel stranded near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Two confirmed and five suspected cases of hantavirus - a rare but severe disease usually spread by rodents - have since been identified
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evacuated from the MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. **Chris McGrath/Getty Images** Chris McGrath/Getty Images Nebraska may seem an unlikely location to process
evacuated to Europe for treatment, she added. ### **What to know about symptoms, treatment and death rate** Hantavirus can cause an infection that starts with flu-like symptoms, including fatigue, fever, muscle aches and at times