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assessment of everyone on board. While the risk to the public is low, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, said there could be more cases due to the incubation period
assesses the public health risk as low,” Ghebreyeus told reporters. Eight cases have been reported so far, including three dead, five confirmed and three suspected, he said. Hantaviruses
risk assessment and support to the remaining passengers on board," the WHO said. The WHO did not name the cruise ship or release any additional details. [Hantaviruses
assesses the risk to the global population as low”. A Dutch passenger died onboard the ship on 11 April. His wife died on 27 April, with authorities later confirming she had tested positive
assess the risk of the passengers that are actually on board.” The operator also said Dutch authorities were preparing a medical evacuation of two symptomatic people on board along with a person associated with
hantavirus in the country, with officials stressing the risk remains "extremely low". The MV Hondius is expected to dock in Spain's Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, by Saturday. All in, 146 people from
Hantavirus typically spreads from rodents, but health experts believe that in this case, it may have passed between humans that were in close contact. Testing to confirm whether other people on the ship have contracted
assessed the risk to the US public as extremely low. US authorities have begun tracking individuals who were on the ship. Health departments in Georgia and Arizona are monitoring returning residents who remain asymptomatic, while
hantavirus. Then on 2 May, a German national also died, bringing the total number of fatalities to three. It remains unclear if they were infected. Oceanwide Expeditions said two crew members currently have "acute respiratory
hantavirus cases to limit the risk of onward transmission." The MV Hondius is now sailing towards Spain's Canary Islands after being anchored for three days near Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the West
risk assessment." "Detailed investigations are ongoing, including further laboratory testing, and epidemiological investigations," WHO said. "Medical care and support are being provided to passengers and crew." Lindstrand told AP there was a possible new case
hantavirus transmission between humans was uncommon. She said disinfection was taking place on the ship and those with symptoms or caring for patients were wearing full personal protective equipment. "Our working hypothesis is that there
assess and repatriate the 149 passengers and crew members onboard [the 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
risk to the wider public remained low, a Europe-based official later said, adding that there was no need for panic or travel restrictions. “To date, one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed
risk to the general public remains very low. There are two confirmed and five suspected hantavirus cases among the 147 passengers and crew members on the boat. Three of the patients have died
risk to the general public is very low. "I want to be unequivocal here. This is not the start of a COVID pandemic," said Maria Van Kerkhove, the director of epidemic and pandemic management