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Where did the hantavirus outbreak start, and where has it spread?

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

Contact tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works

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

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

cruise Australia will repatriate four citizens and one permanent resident from the 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

US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship

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

Cruise ship with hantavirus may have seen a rare occurrence: humans infecting humans

passengers and crew members on the boat. Three of the patients have died and one patient is in intensive care in South Africa, although Van Kerkhove said this patient is "improving." She added that

Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update

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

COVID is shaping Americans' reaction to Ebola and hantavirus

cruise ship and [Ebola](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The internet has responded accordingly, with the situation evoking painful reminders of COVID-19 for many people. Questions [filled with fear

Anger and resignation in Tenerife as hantavirus ship approaches

hantavirus, should be allowed to disembark there this weekend. It has travelled from Cape Verde, where three people were evacuated due to illness. On Friday, some Tenerife dock workers gathered outside the Canary Islands' parliament

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

passengers of the health event," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. A total of 146 people from 23 different countries remain aboard the MV Hondius under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide

Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus

cruise ship at the centre of a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus) have tested positive for the virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those on board continued on Monday. The French woman

The class politics of modern outbreaks

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

‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction

cruise ship at the centre of a giant global commotion. Christened the “rat virus boat” by the internet after [three people travelling onboard died of hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy), a disease normally carried by rats