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symptoms of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, is understood to be improving. The passenger was medically evacuated on 27 April to Johannesburg, and remains in intensive care. The UK prime minister said
Hantavirus usually spreads from 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 in rare cases. Symptoms — which
passengers en route to long Perth quarantine Australians and New Zealanders who were aboard the deadly hantavirus-hit cruise ship will undergo the first three weeks of their quarantine at the Bullsbrook national resilience centre
cruise ship. [Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents,](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8j1l6j0go) but human transmission of the Andes strain - which the World Health Organisation (WHO) believes some of the ship's passengers contracted in South America
cruise passengers to be flown to UK for hantavirus monitoring Ten people from the UK Overseas Territories of Saint Helena and Ascension Island who were on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius will be brought
Hantavirus has not been confirmed in the Dutch woman's husband or the other deceased passenger - a German national who passed away on 2 May. Testing is taking place for other passengers and crew members
passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius was admitted after being transferred from Schiphol airport. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty According to the UKHSA, none of the British citizens on board are reporting symptoms, but they are being
hantavirus - a rare but severe disease usually spread by rodents - have since been identified. Three passengers on the ship have died and several more are either ill or displaying symptoms after the MV Hondius
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
passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic. One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed
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
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 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
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 with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions has said. A third passenger in a stable condition was on board an evacuation flight that
symptoms”. The ship is sitting off the coast of Cape Verde, with local authorities not yet permitting those on board to leave. The 149 people on board are of 23 different nationalities, with passengers predominantly
passengers lands in UK A plane carrying 20 Britons evacuated from a cruise ship hit by hantavirus has arrived in the UK. They flew home from Tenerife on a charter flight after the HV Hondius
hantavirus](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) outbreak linked to a cruise ship, with a new suspected case identified among a British national on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. The UK Health Security Agency confirmed
hantavirus was between one and six weeks, leading the WHO to believe that the Dutch couple, who had been travelling in Argentina before boarding the cruise, “were infected off the ship”. Other cases may also
cruise ship early last month. There have been eight cases reported, including three fatalities. The ship is currently off the coast of Africa, but dozens of passengers have already disembarked and flown to destinations