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evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions has said. A third passenger
hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship) on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean is to be medically evacuated, officials have said. The crew member is being prepared for medical evacuation from the MV Hondius along
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
evacuate two passengers showing symptoms "as well as full public health risk assessment and support to the remaining passengers on board," the WHO said. The WHO did not name the cruise ship or release
passengers died and at least three other people were left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization and the ship's operator. [, after a suspected outbreak
hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship where three passengers have died. The virus is usually spread from rodents, but the WHO said in this instance it could have been spread among "really close contacts" onboard
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
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. Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP The ship was anchored off [Cape Verde](https://www.theguardian.com/world/cape-verde) while arrangements were put in place to evacuate the crew members but on Wednesday evening the ship
passengers and crew have the information and support they need to stay safe and prevent spread.” The cruise ship, stuck off the coast of Cape Verde since Sunday, departed for Spain on Wednesday after three
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 experiencing a [hantavirus outbreak,](/news/2026/5/6/spain-agrees-to-let-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-dock-in-canary-islands) a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents, to dock at any of its ports, despite the Spanish government saying it would be permitted
evacuation of two passengers with symptoms. The MV Hondius is listed as a polar cruise ship on the websites of several travel agencies. One of the cruises offers an itinerary departing from Ushuaia in [Argentina
hantavirus have been confirmed, and five are suspected among people who fell ill on a cruise ship being held in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Among the [seven cases
hantavirus - a rare but severe disease usually spread by rodents - have since been identified. Three passengers on the ship have died and several more are either ill or displaying symptoms after the MV Hondius
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
cruise ship that's anchored off the coast of Cape Verde. "We do believe that there may be some human-to-human transmission that's happening among the really close contacts, the husband and wife
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
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