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quarantined 12 of its staff members for six weeks as a preventive measure after blood and urine samples of a hantavirus patient from the cruise were improperly handled. In a Paris hospital, a French woman
cruise ship affected by the [hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands), with plans to accompany American passengers back to the US on a chartered flight and place them into quarantine in Nebraska. An additional CDC team
hantavirus. The virus can cause flu-like symptoms leading to respiratory arrest and death in some cases. Butler said Australia’s measures were “probably the strongest quarantine response of any country that is taking passengers
hantavirus-stricken 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
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
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
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
measures, the risk to the public remains extremely low," she added. A total of 31 British nationals - a mix of passengers and crew - set sail on the cruise. Some disembarked before the first confirmed case
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](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands). The Dutch-flagged vessel, which was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde, is due to arrive off the Canary island of Tenerife at around midday on Sunday. After negotiations between
cruise ship](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/spanish-authorities-prepare-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-hondius) and evacuating its passengers and crew. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to follow the WHO’s advice and recommendations, which include a 42-day quarantine and constant monitoring of high
hantavirus-hit cruise ship have arrived on Merseyside to isolate in a hospital block last used to quarantine Britons who travelled back from China at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Built to house
cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife. A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands
measures and access to testing, according to the agency. One of the women who died was a passenger from Germany. According to the WHO, the woman initially developed a fever on 28 April and eventually
hantavirus can be deadly, but it isn't very contagious between people. It tends to take prolonged, close contact with someone who's showing symptoms. So far, all of the U.S. [passengers are well
measure" and that none of them were showing symptoms. Meanwhile, clinical assessments and testing of passengers who were on board the MV Hondius are "well under way" at a Merseyside hospital, health officials said
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
measures for contact cases and to protect the population”. Another four French passengers have so far tested negative, and authorities have identified 22 contact cases. The US Department of Health and Human Services [said
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
measure, Europe’s public health agency said late on Saturday as part of its rapid scientific advice. In Tenerife, the passengers will be tested by Spanish health authorities to ensure they remain asymptomatic and will