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hantavirus cases](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus) after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius, and thanked Spain for the “compassion and solidarity” it had shown by [taking in the stricken cruise ship](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/spanish-authorities-prepare-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-hondius) and evacuating
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
outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a total of eight people are suspected of having contracted the virus. “As of 6 May, there are 8 cases, 3 of whom are confirmed as hantavirus
outbreak, said he thought it had been “fine”. The MV Hondius left Argentina, where hantavirus is endemic, on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde. The World Health Organization believes
cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica) on 27 April and is receiving care
outbreak of a lethal hantavirus strain onboard a luxury cruise liner was reported to the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) (WHO). As of this morning, nine probable cases have been identified, with three fatalities
Cape Verde in the Atlantic to the Spanish island of Tenerife. “While this is a serious incident, WHO assesses the public health risk as low,” Ghebreyeus told reporters. Eight cases have been reported
hantavirus after a case was detected among a Dutch crew member of the ship at the centre of the outbreak. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief, told a news conference in Geneva on Friday that
hantavirus does not spread as easily as COVID or flu. Third, COVID and flu mutate very quickly, with new strains popping up often. As the virus reshapes itself, it can be challenging to contain. Marrazzo
cruise ship MV Hondius arrive at Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands on May 10, 2026 [Peter Dejong/AP] ## What happened on the ship? Passengers on the MV Hondius anchored at Tenerife were evacuated and escorted
outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko). So far three passengers on the MV Hondius have died after the cruise ship set sail from Argentina on its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around
Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. **Misper Apawu/AP** Misper Apawu/AP MADRID — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed
cruise ship being held in the Atlantic near Cape Verde, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Among the [seven cases](/news/2026/5/3/three-dead-in-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-atlantic-cruise-ship), three people have died, one was critically ill and three have mild symptoms
cruise ship. In a post on X, Keir Starmer said: “My thoughts are with those affected by the hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius. We are working closely with international partners to support British nationals
outbreaks, through very close contact. Unlike diseases such as measles, which are highly contagious and spread easily, the Andes strain of hantavirus is not that infectious. People can catch it from someone that they spend
hantavirus through contact with infected rodents or their urine, their droppings or their saliva, and human-to-human transmission is rare. But a limited spread among close contacts has been observed in some previous outbreaks
cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak. [These 17 passengers are among](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817578/hantavirus-cruise-ship-nebraska-us-passengers) the nearly 150 people from 23 countries who were on the ship. Three passengers have died since
cruises that served as vectors of disease transmission. As Bjorn Thor Arnarson wrote in Scientific Reports, “human transportation was needed to distribute the virus to new places.” Those moving most freely across borders were overwhelmingly
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