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cruise ship](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clype7ededzo) under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide Expeditions has said. Consular staff are in direct contact with British nationals onboard the ship and the Foreign Office has been "working with other countries
cruise ship are being considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe’s public health agency said late on Saturday as part of its rapid scientific advice. In Tenerife, the passengers will be tested
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
ship. The World [Health](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/health) Organization has recommended but not mandated a 42-day quarantine for the travellers due to the long incubation period of hantavirus. The virus can cause flu-like symptoms
cruise when it stopped on the island of St Helena on 24 April. The first case of hantavirus was later confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 4 May. Three passengers - a Dutch couple
hantavirus cluster reported on the luxury ship MV Hondius, which had travelled between Argentina and the Canary Islands. Officials said the restriction on disembarkation was a precautionary measure while medical tests were carried out. Cruise
hantavirus outbreak after the evacuation of the last passengers from a disease-stricken cruise ship, the head of the UN health agency has said. But the World Health Organisation's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned
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 (WHO) that
passengers and crew from 28 countries are reported to have initially been aboard the vessel, but dozens got off on the island of St Helena on 24 April. The luxury cruise, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions
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 with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions has said. A third passenger in a stable condition was on board an evacuation flight that
measure, that includes everyone who embarked on the cruise.” While [utterly miserable for the passengers themselves](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), the outbreak occurring onboard a cruise ship is a massive benefit for public health. “Cabins
cruise ship in the Atlantic. The hantavirus is suspected of killing three people, including a married couple from the Netherlands, sickening at least two others on the ship and sending a 69-year-old British
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
passengers who disembarked the MV Honius cruise ship on the Atlantic island of St. Helena before the hantavirus outbreak was identified. These individuals have flown across the world, including to the United States. The risk
cruise ship hit by a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) and anchored off the coast of Cape Verde to sail to the Canary Islands. Spain’s Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Tuesday
hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, it is finally approaching Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Intensive preparations have been under way to receive the ship in the port of Granadilla and help more
hantavirus-hit MV Hondius will be brought to the UK to complete their self-isolation. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said they were being moved to the UK as a "precautionary measure" and that
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
passengers are expected to undergo quarantine measures there to help prevent any possible spread of the virus. Nebraska is home to both the federally supported National Quarantine Unit and the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. “Nebraska Medicine