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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
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
cruise ship on which an outbreak of hantavirus occurred. Tedros Ghebreyesus stressed that "this is not another Covid" and that there were no symptomatic passengers currently aboard the MV Hondius, in a personal message
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
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
MV Hondius have died since 11 April. As of Thursday, there have been eight suspected cases, three of which were confirmed as hantavirus – a rare family of viruses carried by rodents – by lab testing, according
case has only reported a mild fever. ## Medical evacuations The Spanish Health Ministry said the MV Hondius will journey on to the Canary Islands once those who need evacuation are taken off the ship
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
MV Hondius cruise ship,” [Nebraska](https://www.theguardian.com/film/nebraska) Medicine said in a statement to CNN. “We cannot discuss specific communications at this time, but, our specialized teams, including the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and National Quarantine
MV Hondius on 24 April. The Dutch government gave a different figure of 40. Health authorities are now trying to trace the passengers who left the ship on the British Overseas Territory. The Dutch government
MV Hondius, a Dutch ship on a weekslong polar cruise from Argentina to Antarctica and several isolated islands in the South Atlantic, had requested help from local health authorities after making
MV Hondius](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/mv-hondius-ice-breaking-expedition-cruise-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak) are being [prepared for medical 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