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hantavirus outbreak that has claimed several lives on board an Atlantic [cruise ship](/news/2026/5/6/canary-islands-refuses-to-allow-mv-hondius-with-hantavirus-to-dock). The Argentinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that it would send experts to the far south area of Ushuaia
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 symptoms, adding that both
hantavirus. The man left MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the virus, in mid-April at Britain's most remote inhabited overseas territory, where he lives. He first reported symptoms
ship’s passengers An outbreak in rural communities 30 years ago in the Patagonia area of [Argentina](https://www.theguardian.com/world/argentina) led scientists, for the first time, to document person-to-person transmission of hantavirus, which
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 now be taken
cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions has said. A third passenger in a stable condition was on board an evacuation flight that
cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus 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
ship from 23 different countries. They've endured in the midst of a hantavirus outbreak which has caused at least eight cases, including three deaths, according to the [World Health Organization](https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600).
cruise ship experiencing a [hantavirus outbreak,](/news/2026/5/6/spain-agrees-to-let-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-dock-in-canary-islands) a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents, to dock at any of its ports, despite the Spanish government saying it would be permitted
ship after hantavirus outbreak "We're not just a story. We're not just headlines, we're people with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home," said a tearful Jake Rosmarin
cruise ship hit by a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) and anchored off the coast of Cape Verde to sail to the Canary Islands. Spain’s Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Tuesday
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 a lethal hantavirus strain onboard a luxury cruise liner was reported to the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) (WHO). As of this morning, nine probable cases have been identified, with three fatalities
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
hantavirus may spread between people. It was unclear how an outbreak could have started, and WHO said it was investigating while working to coordinate the evacuation of two sick crew members. Another sick person
outbreak of a dangerous respiratory virus on a 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
cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak of hantavirus has arrived in Tenerife for the evacuation of those onboard. The ship arrived in the Canary Islands in the early hours of Sunday morning
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. 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
cruise ship is the Andes virus. It has been found in Latin America and is the only hantavirus known to be capable of limited human-to-human transmission. In previous outbreaks, transmission between people