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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 outbreak](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) and anchored off the coast of Cape Verde to sail to the Canary Islands. Spain’s Ministry of Health said in a statement late on Tuesday that the World Health Organization
hantavirus. “Contact tracing for passengers on the flight has been initiated,” it said. ## Evacuations planned for symptomatic passengers Despite the deadly outbreak, “the atmosphere on board MV Hondius remains calm, with passengers generally composed
outbreaks in the past.” Bhattacharya continued: “We followed those protocols … This health alert is coming out, because, again, there’s this discrete event of the 17 arriving in the United States very, very soon
hantavirus so far. Cape Verde was meant to be the ship’s final destination, but the nation off West Africa has not allowed the vessel to put passengers ashore because of the outbreak. Late
outbreak, including two of the six people whom the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed have had hantavirus. The other confirmed cases include two British nationals, who are being treated in the Netherlands and South
outbreak of hantavirus anchored on Sunday near Granadilla port, south-east Tenerife, Spain, allowing dozens of passengers from all over the world to begin making their way home. The MV Hondius set off from Argentina
hantavirus outbreak is unlikely to spark a global health crisis, it has underscored the [erosion of public health infrastructure](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/may/18/hantavirus-isnt-the-next-covid-but-heres-why-we-should-worry-stateside-with-kai-and-carter) in the US. Public health experts have also warned that deep political divisions
outbreak of [hantavirus](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l00588wq/what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus) has shown symptoms of the disease while being repatriated to France, the country's prime minister has said. Sébastien Lecornu said the French national developed symptoms while
hantavirus outbreak on transatlantic cruise](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5812588/what-to-know-about-the-hantavirus-outbreak-on-transatlantic-cruise) "Ecological systems are complex and messy," he says. Making sense of that mess to draw distinct lines from biodiversity to human nutrition takes painstaking work — tracing people
outbreak of [hantavirus](https://www.nebraskamed.com/health/infectious-diseases/biocontainment-unit/what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus) arrived in Omaha, Neb., on Monday for evaluation after disembarking the vessel in Spain's Canary Islands over the weekend. [ Martin Anstee, 56, an expedition guide, was taken off the MV Hondius
reporting outbreaks early, undermining public trust, and driving exposed and infected people into hiding instead of cooperating with public health authorities, Gostin and others say. That increases the chances people will bring dangerous infections into
outbreak of a “severe acute respiratory illness”, which had killed at least two people, and that a third person was in intensive care in Johannesburg, according to the AFP news agency. The ministry’s spokesperson
hantavirus outbreak "may have risks". The WHO has recommended 42 days of isolation for those leaving the MV Hondius. But Dr Jay Bhattacharya, the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said
report after the event. In the meantime, [do take our Eurovision quiz](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/14/ultimate-eurovision-quiz-2026). Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m **Martin Farrer** with the top overnight stories and then
hantavirus on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, it is finally approaching Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Intensive preparations have been under way to receive the ship in the port of Granadilla and help more
report by experts from the UN’s development programme (UNDP), based on data from 85 countries gathered across three decades, shows women are disproportionately affected when debt repayments increase significantly. As governments cut back public
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 to Manchester airport on Sunday evening
reported that Patel’s alcohol consumption had become “a recurring source of concern across the government”, which made him a “national-security vulnerability”, citing interviews with more than two dozen people including current and former