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MV Hondius cruise ship approaches Tenerife, the people of the Spanish island await it with a mixture of uncertainty and, in some cases, anger. The Spanish government has agreed with the World Health Organization
MV Hondius vessel, on which at least eight people fell ill, is due to reach the [Spanish island of Tenerife](/news/2026/5/6/spain-agrees-to-let-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-dock-in-canary-islands), off the coast of West Africa, early Sunday morning. Passengers will be taken
MV Hondius on Wednesday and flown to the Netherlands to receive specialist medical care. Photograph: Facebook He said: “While this is a serious incident, WHO assesses the public health risk as low.” He thanked
MV Hondius is anchored slightly offshore of the southern commercial port of Grenadilla, and passengers will be brought in groups of five to 10 to the dock by small boat. This would only happen when
MV Hondius, which left Argentina around three weeks ago before making several stops as it crossed the Atlantic, made international headlines on Sunday after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was involved
MV Hondius. But Dr Jay Bhattacharya, the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said he did not want to cause public panic, insisting that human-to-human transmission was rare
MV Hondius set off from Argentina on 1 April, with 175 passengers and crew on board, according to the operator, Oceanwide Expeditions. Thirty-two left the cruise when it stopped on the island
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
MV Hondius was sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde. Currently anchored off Cape Verde, the ship was considering sailing to Las Palmas or Tenerife for disembarkation, Reuters reported on Monday. Three people who were
MV Hondius embarked on an Atlantic adventure to Cape Verde, via some of the world’s most remote locations. A dream holiday turned into the stuff of nightmares when a deadly pathogen found
MV Hondius, and said it is assessing an additional suspected infection on Tristan da Cunha. Officials have not released further details about the new case. Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – have
passenger who died on board the vessel on 11 April. His 69-year-old wife left the ship on 24 April on the island of St Helena and flew to South Africa. She died
passengers will be [subject to a quarantine order](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/what-is-hantavirus-why-cruise-passengers-long-quarantine), remaining at WA’s Bullsbrook quarantine facility for [at least three weeks](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/difficult-mission-to-repatriate-australian-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-en-route-to-long-perth-quarantine). The flight crew bringing them home will also
disembarking the vessel in Spain's Canary Islands over the weekend. [![American citizens arrive onshore after being evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands
disembarking. None currently have symptoms. Human-to-human spread is possible with the specific Andes strain that has been detected, say experts. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk of infections globally remains
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
MV Hondius ship set sail from Argentina to start its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. It is currently anchored near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Investigators are working
disembark from Wednesday afternoon, while those who had been infected were ordered to remain onboard in isolation. Norovirus is a highly contagious form of gastroenteritis that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The person who died
MV Hondius. We are working closely with international partners to support British nationals onboard and we’re putting plans in place for their safe onward travel.” A total of seven suspected cases have been identified
MV Hondius have died since 11 April. As of Thursday, there have been eight suspected cases, three of which were confirmed as hantavirus – a rare family of viruses carried by rodents – by lab testing, according