16 resultsfor “hantavirus outbreak cruise ship Argentina”
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship Health authorities of the South
Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have
hantavirus cases are "ongoing, including further laboratory testing". The outbreak was reported aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was travelling from Argentina
Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5809495/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-atlantic-ocean) The MV Hondius, a Dutch ship on a weekslong polar cruise from Argentina
hantavirus outbreak since it departed from Argentina a month ago. Spanish authorities have given permission for the ship to dock in the Canary Islands, despite concerns from local officials. [About 150 people are still aboard
cruise ship, which set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 for Cape Verde, had 88 passengers and 59 crew members from 23 countries on board. A WHO official said on Tuesday that she suspected
cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic. One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday. Of the six people
Argentina in late March, with the outbreak of hantavirus reported while the ship was on its way to Cape Verde. The first affected passenger, a Dutch national, died on April 11, with his body remaining
cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde with close to 150 people onboard was due to head to Spain, while [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com
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
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
hantavirus - prominent in Latin America, where the cruise originated - was found in two of the confirmed patients after tests were carried out by the country's National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Experts have observed
outbreak "We're not just a story. We're not just headlines, we're people with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home," said a tearful Jake Rosmarin. For the American travel
outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship) of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, on the cruise ship in the Atlantic. The hantavirus is suspected of killing three people, including a married couple from the Netherlands, sickening
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
cruise ship. In a post on X, Keir Starmer said: “My thoughts are with those affected by the hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius. We are working closely with international partners to support British nationals