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Two hantavirus cases confirmed, five more suspected on stranded cruise ship

cruise ship being held in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Among the [seven cases](/news/2026/5/3/three-dead-in-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-atlantic-cruise-ship), three people have died, one was critically ill and three have mild symptoms

About 40 passengers previously left ship hit by Hantavirus at island of St. Helena

MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. **Misper Apawu/AP** Misper Apawu/AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — About 40 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak

Why cruise ship passengers with possible hantavirus exposure went to Nebraska

passengers on the cruise ship — a couple, with one showing symptoms of hantavirus — were transferred for monitoring to Emory University Hospital, where [another advanced biocontainment facility](https://www.cores.emory.edu/ehcf/index.html) is located. When the biocontainment unit

Tourist hotspot at 'end of the world' denies causing hantavirus outbreak

MV Hondius. The 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

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

MV Hondius is a Dutch-flagged vessel and Dutch officials said Friday they were also in close contact with the ship's owner and authorities of countries whose citizens are on board. The United States

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

trace exercise of global proportions. While 149 passengers and crew remained on the ship once the virus had been identified, at least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities had already disembarked. Seven of them were British

Where did the hantavirus outbreak start, and where has it spread?

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

Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands

MV Hondius will dock in either Gran Canaria or Tenerife. When the rest of the crew and passengers arrive in the Canary Islands, they will be examined, treated and repatriated to their respective countries, Spain

Cruise ship waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

MV Hondius, a Dutch ship on a weekslong polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica and several isolated islands in the South Atlantic, had requested help from local health authorities after making