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Health Organization has said it believes there may have been human-to-human transmission of hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship where three passengers have died. The virus is usually spread from rodents
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
hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus) have left Arrowe Park hospital in Wirral to isolate at home, health officials have said. Passengers from the MV Hondius were taken to the [Merseyside](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/merseyside) facility for checks
ship [is](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) [now anchored in Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) where passengers are being evacuated and flown home. It began its journey on 1 April, more than
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
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
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
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
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
Health Organization has warned countries to prepare for more [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