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hantavirus have been confirmed, and five are suspected among people who fell ill on a cruise ship being held in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Among the [seven cases
passenger on the MV Hondius was infected with the hantavirus and was being treated in Zurich. It said there was no danger to the broader population. A Dutch couple and a German national
hantavirus was between one and six weeks, leading the WHO to believe that the Dutch couple, who had been travelling in Argentina before boarding the cruise, “were infected off the ship”. Other cases may also
cruise ship. [Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents,](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8j1l6j0go) but human transmission of the Andes strain - which the World Health Organisation (WHO) believes some of the ship's passengers contracted in South America
cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica) on 27 April and is receiving care
cruise ship arrived at the Canary Islands after spending days stranded off the coast of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. Local authorities would not allow the ship to dock amid fears of a wider
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
cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. [These 17 passengers are among](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817578/hantavirus-cruise-ship-nebraska-us-passengers) the nearly 150 people from 23 countries who were on the ship. Three passengers have died since
tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/g-s1-121074/hantavirus-contact-tracing) The hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship has been identified as the Andes strain of the illness
cruise ship MV Hondius arrive at Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands on May 10, 2026 [Peter Dejong/AP] ## What happened on the ship? Passengers on the MV Hondius anchored at Tenerife were evacuated and escorted
cruise ship [is](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) [now anchored in Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) where passengers are being evacuated and flown home. It began its journey on 1 April, more than