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Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says

cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the World Health Organization. At least six people are believed to have been infected with a hantavirus, including one whose infection has been confirmed by a laboratory

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

cases of Hantavirus reported in the U.S. have been in the rural Western states.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3653x3653+674+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F2c%2F6c0fb0474facaf5a5a525606cca0%2Fgettyimages-758303597.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak

Cruise ship hantavirus strain can spread among humans, says South Africa

cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde with close to 150 people onboard was due to head to Spain, while [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home countries. Argentina, where the cruise to Antarctica departed, is consistently ranked by the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization)

Cruise ship with hantavirus may have seen a rare occurrence: humans infecting humans

cruise ship that's anchored off the coast of Cape Verde. "We do believe that there may be some human-to-human transmission that's happening among the really close contacts, the husband and wife

What is hantavirus, suspected in deaths of three people on cruise ship?

cruise ship. So what is the hantavirus, how does it spread and should people be worried? ## Who caught the hantavirus on the MV Hondius? The MV Hondius was sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

cruise ship in the Atlantic, with at least one confirmed to have suffered from hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents. Health authorities are now investigating a suspected outbreak of the virus

Cruise ship at centre of suspected hantavirus outbreak blocked from docking in Cape Verde

cruise ship in the Atlantic. The hantavirus is suspected of killing three people, including a married couple from the Netherlands, sickening at least two others on the ship and sending a 69-year-old British

First Thing: Trump says US navy will ‘guide’ trapped ships through strait of Hormuz

ships and oil tankers to refrain from any movement in the absence of coordination with Iran’s military. ## **Todd Blanche says case against Comey based on more than just Instagram post

Crew members on hantavirus cruise ship to be evacuated | First Thing

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. - **What is hantavirus?** It is [a rare disease