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hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), a disease normally carried by rats and mice, its story has enraptured people all over the world. And now, after reaching the Canary Islands shortly before dawn on Sunday, the ship
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passengers on the ship medically evacuated. South African officials said the British national had been sent to a private health facility in Johannesburg after falling ill near Ascension Island in the Atlantic. “His laboratory test
evacuated to South Africa for medical treatment, is also confirmed to have the virus. Hantavirus has not been confirmed in the Dutch woman's husband or the other deceased passenger - a German national who passed
Passengers will be evaluated onboard and will not have any contact with the local population when they are taken from the ship to be repatriated or, in the case of the 14 Spanish nationals onboard
ship [is](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) [now anchored in Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) where passengers are being evacuated and flown home. It began its journey on 1 April, more than
evacuation of those onboard. The ship arrived in the Canary Islands in the early hours of Sunday morning carrying 146 people, after three people died of the virus and eight more became ill. While nobody
evacuation, according to Spanish ministry sources cited by AFP. While three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are [known to be infected](/news/2026/5/7/who-confirms-five-cases-of-hantavirus-linked-to-cruise-ship) with hantavirus, cruise operator Oceanwide
evacuation to the Netherlands, where they will receive treatment. A final suspected patient had a fever but is currently asymptomatic. The rare but serious infection can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in which initial flu-like
ship passengers as well as what to know about this particular type of hantavirus and the U.S. response. ### **The latest figures on the outbreak** Eight cases have been reported — five confirmed by testing. The others
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 Control
passengers on the MV Hondius have died after the cruise ship set sail from Argentina on its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. The cruise operator confirmed that three people - including
hantavirus, should be allowed to disembark there this weekend. It has travelled from Cape Verde, where three people were evacuated due to illness. On Friday, some Tenerife dock workers gathered outside the Canary Islands' parliament
evacuated from the M/V Hondius in the Granadilla Port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. **Chris McGrath/Getty Images** Chris McGrath/Getty Images Seventeen U.S. cruise passengers are expected to return stateside early
evacuation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/british-crew-member-dutch-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-hantavirus-cases) to the Netherlands, as the cruise ship continues to be marooned off the coast of Cape Verde following a suspected hantavirus outbreak that is believed to have killed at least three