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Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says The World Health Organization has said it believes there may have been human-to-human transmission
cruise ship. [Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents,](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8j1l6j0go) but human transmission of the Andes
hantavirus, offering assurance to the American public that there was low risk for a widespread outbreak. The remarks from CDC officials come as headlines about the virus — which [broke out aboard a cruise ship last
cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus will be asked to self-isolate in the UK for 45 days, a health official suggested, as two passengers who left the vessel continue to isolate
transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Hantavirus particles. Hantavirus is a respiratory disease carried in wild rodents such as deer mice. Mice do not appear ill while carrying the hantavirus. People become infected after breathing airborne
hantavirus infections as countries around the world repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak. French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Monday that a French passenger
cruise ship is the Andes virus. It has been found in Latin America and is the only hantavirus known to be capable of limited human-to-human transmission
hantavirus](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5809495/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-atlantic-ocean) — which is typically spread by exposure to rodent urine, feces or saliva and can be deadly — may have spread between passengers on a cruise ship that's anchored off the coast
ship’s passengers An outbreak in rural communities 30 years ago in the Patagonia area of [Argentina](https://www.theguardian.com/world/argentina) led scientists, for the first time, to document person-to-person transmission of hantavirus, which
cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have tested positive, authorities say. The US health department said a second American national on the repatriation flight had also shown mild symptoms, adding that both
cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked in the Netherlands for disinfection. The MV Hondius was carrying 25 crew members and two medical personnel as it reached the Dutch port of Rotterdam
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
ship on Sunday, with all but one testing negative for the hantavirus. “The patient who provisionally tested positive for hantavirus yesterday has been confirmed as positive,” the Health Ministry said. “Yesterday the patient
cruise ship hit by a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](/news/2026/5/11/where-did-the-hantavirus-outbreak-start-and-where-has-it-spread) have landed in the Netherlands, as a repatriated [US passenger](/news/2026/5/11/two-more-cruise-ship-passengers-test-positive-for-hantavirus) tested positive for the respiratory infection. The two planes carried 28 evacuees from
hantavirus through contact with infected rodents or their urine, their droppings or their saliva, and human-to-human transmission is rare. But a limited spread among close contacts has been observed in some previous outbreaks
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, stuck off the coast of Cape Verde since Sunday, departed for Spain on Wednesday after three people had been evacuated, two of them seriously ill. Ghebreyesus said they would be taken
ship before an outbreak of hantavirus was detected, and anyone who has come into close contact with them since. Five cases have now been confirmed, including three deaths, following an outbreak on the Dutch vessel
cruise ship was completed. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that two planes carrying the final [28 evacuees](/news/2026/5/12/last-passengers-from-hantavirus-hit-ship-evacuated-american-tests-positive) had landed in the Netherlands. Their arrival from Spain’s Canary Islands concluded
cruise ship passengers. Fortunately, the flight attendant [ultimately tested negative](https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-dutch-flight-attendant-tests) for hantavirus. Titanji is heartened by what she's seen playing out so far. "It seems like the international collaborative effort