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Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid) "They will arrive at a completely isolated, cordoned-off area," said Virginia Barcones, Spain
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy). Dfat said it is not aware of any of the travellers who are displaying symptoms of the virus, but will help coordinate response efforts with local authorities and partner countries
hantavirus. According to the [website Media Matters](https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/right-wing-figures-are-spreading-plandemic-conspiracy-theories-about), which monitors the right wing in the US, numerous podcasters and social media figures have linked the twin viral outbreaks as a way of potentially
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authorities also cautioned that travel bans can damage local economies and disrupt emergency response efforts. The Guardian has reached out to the WHO for comment. The WHO’s warnings come as US health agencies continue
authorities are using the practice of contact tracing to contain the outbreak and keep the hantavirus from spreading. ### **Contact tracing 101** The concept of modern contact tracing dates to the 1930s and was part
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), on a charter flight due to land in Perth on Tuesday. The ship, carrying 146 people, arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday morning after
hantavirus strain onboard a luxury cruise liner was reported to the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) (WHO). As of this morning, nine probable cases have been identified, with three fatalities. It has left experts
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
response to reporters at the White House. “We had a CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] team at Tenerife [Spain]. We had aeroplanes ready to take the patients,” he said. “We have this under
authorities on a possible source of the suspected outbreak. A previous hantavirus outbreak in southern Argentina in 2019 killed at least nine people. It prompted a judge to order dozens of residents of a remote
authorities, Gostin and others say. That increases the chances people will bring dangerous infections into the country and spread the pathogens, experts say. The best way to protect Americans is to stop outbreaks
Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, now in Tenerife to oversee the disembarking, has praised the authorities for their "solid and effective response" to this outbreak. It has been linked to a landfill site
Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid), including what the symptoms are, how it spreads, how the U.S. has responded and more. - 🎧 **Epidemiologists are racing to identify individuals who've come into contact with those infected
authorities across the globe are racing to trace dozens of people who disembarked from a cruise ship before an outbreak of hantavirus was detected, and anyone who has come into close contact with them since
hantavirus outbreak that has since been linked to seven confirmed cases, two suspected cases and three deaths. As the ship approached the Canary Islands in May, Spanish authorities initially refused to allow it to dock
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
hantavirus. Ghebreyesus has travelled to Tenerife to observe the forthcoming operation first-hand, the international agency said. The ship is expected to drop anchor in the Canary Islands sometime between