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The hospital taking in Britons from hantavirus-hit ship - six years after being used for Covid quarantine

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

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

Monitoring and follow-up for passengers onboard and for those who have already disembarked has been initiated in collaboration with the ship’s operators and national health authorities,” he added. “At this stage, the overall

Two Britons self-isolating after returning to UK from hantavirus-hit ship, say officials

passengers who left the vessel continue to isolate at home in Britain. Neither of the two Britons who left MV Hondius at St Helena in late April are reporting symptoms, according to the UK [Health

Passengers from Hantavirus cruise ship enter isolation facility in Wirral

MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain

CDC says threat of widespread outbreak of hantavirus remains low

passengers from the MV Hondius at the Granadilla Port on May 09, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. **Chris McGrath/Getty Images** Chris McGrath/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Australia charters flight to bring nationals home from hantavirus-stricken luxury cruise

MV Hondius, the ship at the [centre of the hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), on a charter flight due to land in Perth on Tuesday. The ship, carrying 146 people, arrived at Tenerife, the largest

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

monitor anyone who may have been exposed to the virus’  Every precaution is being taken with

French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship

MV Hondius had been "immediately placed in strict isolation until further notice". The French citizens are [among more than 90 tourists to be ferried home from the Dutch vessel on Sunday](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno), which

Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East arrives in California | First Thing

hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/argentina-origins-hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-mv-hondius) that has killed three onboard an Atlantic cruise ship originated in Argentina, amid reports that some passengers have already returned to their home countries. Three passengers of the MV Hondius

Unwell British crew member to be ‘urgently’ evacuated from cruise ship after hantavirus cases

MV Hondius. We are working closely with international partners to support British nationals onboard and we’re putting plans in place for their safe onward travel.” A total of seven suspected cases have been identified

How worried should we be about hantavirus?

monitoring three passengers who had returned to the US after disembarking. None currently have symptoms. Human-to-human spread is possible with the specific Andes strain that has been detected, say experts. But the World

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

MV Hondius is complete A total of 87 passengers and 35 crew were escorted from the ship to shore in Tenerife by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks in a carefully choreographed

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

MV Hondius is a Dutch-flagged vessel and Dutch officials said Friday they were also in close contact with the ship's owner and authorities of countries whose citizens are on board. The United States

The class politics of modern outbreaks

hantavirus outbreak that has since been linked to seven confirmed cases, two suspected cases and three deaths. As the ship approached the Canary Islands in May, Spanish authorities initially refused to allow it to dock

Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on cruise ship, WHO says

MV Hondius ship set sail from Argentina to start its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. It is currently anchored near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Investigators are working

Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship

MV Hondius, whose fate has caused international alarm after the passengers’ deaths. A military hospital in Madrid is quarantining 14 Spaniards who were removed from the ship on Sunday, with all but one testing negative

Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak

MV Hondius set off from Ushuaia in Argentina, the most southern city in the world, on 1 April. "Fresh snow on the mountains, autumn colours along the shoreline and even some amazing wildlife," Rosmarin

Race to trace passengers who left hantavirus cruise ship at island

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

Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus

MV Hondius, [the vessel has now arrived in Tenerife](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno), where plans are under way to help more than 100 people onto shore to be repatriated. Three people have died in the outbreak

‘Difficult’ mission to repatriate Australian hantavirus cruise passengers en route to long Perth quarantine

MV Hondius spend up to two days in the Netherlands instead of returning direct from Tenerife. They landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday morning, Australian time, on the first leg of a complex operation