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Woman isolating on British island in South Pacific after hantavirus contact

details have been released about when and where she left the cruise and travelled to the US. Three people have died after travelling on the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius ship. Two of them were confirmed

What is hantavirus, suspected in deaths of three people on cruise ship?

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

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

cruise ship in the Atlantic, with at least one confirmed to have suffered from hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents. Health authorities are now investigating a suspected outbreak of the virus

Anger and resignation in Tenerife as hantavirus ship approaches

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

Cruise ship hantavirus strain can spread among humans, says South Africa

cruise trip started in March. A presentation seen by Reuters said tests done by South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases revealed that the Andes strain was the cause of infection in the Dutch

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

Having hantavirus was 'hell on earth'

cruise operator confirmed that three people - including one Briton - were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday to the Netherlands for treatment. The Briton - who several media outlets have identified as 56-year-old ex-police

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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 for Disease

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

evacuated. But first, the headlines. ## Five big stories 1. ***UK politics*** | Keir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential [Labour leadership rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) from