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passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius was admitted after being transferred from Schiphol airport. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty According to the UKHSA, none of the British citizens on board are reporting symptoms, but they are being
ship passengers as well as what to know about this particular type of hantavirus and the U.S. response. ### **The latest figures on the outbreak** Eight cases have been reported — five confirmed by testing. The others
passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic. One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed
hantavirus-stricken cruise ship](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/10/americans-hantavirus-cruise-ship-repatriated) MV Hondius, including one person who has tested positive, are being flown back to the US. After disembarking in Tenerife on Sunday, medical teams from the US Centers
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
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
passengers who disembarked the MV Honius cruise ship on the Atlantic island of St. Helena before the hantavirus outbreak was identified. These individuals have flown across the world, including to the United States. The risk
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
symptoms”. The ship is sitting off the coast of Cape Verde, with local authorities not yet permitting those on board to leave. The 149 people on board are of 23 different nationalities, with passengers predominantly
passengers lands in UK A plane carrying 20 Britons 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
cruise ship early last month. There have been eight cases reported, including three fatalities. The ship is currently off the coast of Africa, but dozens of passengers have already disembarked and flown to destinations
hantavirus](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) outbreak linked to a cruise ship, with a new suspected case identified among a British national on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. The UK Health Security Agency confirmed
hantavirus can be deadly, but it isn't very contagious between people. It tends to take prolonged, close contact with someone who's showing symptoms. So far, all of the U.S. [passengers are well
hantavirus-stricken 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
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
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 is a massive benefit for public health. “Cabins are tight and small with limited air circulation,” says Hammer. “Passengers remain in close, sustained contact for extended periods of time.” But, once the outbreak
cruise — a Dutch couple and a German woman — have died from the virus. The Dutch couple is thought to have come into contact with hantavirus before boarding the ship, during a birdwatching excursion
cruise ship at the centre of a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus) have tested positive for the virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued on Monday. The French woman
cruise on 11 April, but is not a confirmed case of hantavirus. The Dutch government update said before her death she had boarded a KLM flight heading from Johannesburg to the Netherlands, but became