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hantavirus linked to the outbreak – which can be up to six weeks.  Martin Anstee, 56, an expedition guide, was taken off the MV Hondius
hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Spain’s Ministry of Health has announced, with the World Health Organization (WHO) confirming 11 cases, [including](/news/2026/5/7/who-confirms-five-cases-of-hantavirus-linked-to-cruise-ship) three people from the cruise who have died
MV Hondius on 6 May. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images - **Authorities around the world are scrambling to locate dozens of passengers who were on the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak
MV Hondius “don’t seem to be both infected in some cases”. Lindmeier said the disease was “not spreading anything close to how Covid was spreading”. He added that contact tracing was effective “because
MV Hondius departed Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, its passengers embarked on a luxury voyage towards Cape Verde. The ship was carrying 88 passengers and 59 crew members from 23 countries. Some reportedly paid
MV Hondius are now at the Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x5760+1456+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Feb%2Fbb%2F551c2230402aa3becde3dd436609%2Fgettyimages-2275126034.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5819872/hantavirus-quarantine) ### [Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/health/) ### [Hantavirus countdown: U.S. cruise passengers
MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. **Misper Apawu/AP** Misper Apawu/AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — About 40 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak
MV Hondius have died since 11 April. As of Thursday, there have been eight suspected cases, three of which were confirmed as hantavirus – a rare family of viruses carried by rodents – by lab testing, according
outbreak of the hantavirus, authorities say. The virus is a rare infection transmitted to humans by rodents. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the risk posed by the hantavirus to the wider public
MV Hondius](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/mv-hondius-ice-breaking-expedition-cruise-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak) are being [prepared for medical evacuation](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/british-crew-member-dutch-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-hantavirus-cases) to the Netherlands, as the cruise ship continues to be marooned off the coast of Cape Verde following a suspected hantavirus
hantavirus, which until then had been known only to spread through contact with rodents. Nearly a decade ago another outbreak, also in Patagonia, provided [detailed evidence](https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/26722/28395) of inter-human transmission when
Hondius crew remain symptom-free There are currently 10 global cases of hantavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, lowering its earlier figure of 11 after a person who was thought to have contracted
hantavirus-exposed individual" but was "showing no signs of illness". The UK foreign office said it was "aware of an individual from the MV Hondius who has travelled on to the Pitcairn Islands". Officials said
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 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
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-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius after arriving at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife. Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP The MV Hondius is anchored slightly offshore of the southern commercial port of Grenadilla, and passengers
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
MV Hondius, the small 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
MV Hondius when the illness most commonly transmitted to humans through contact with infected rodents broke out. As of Monday, the [World Health Organization](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Boffhsl7o) has reported at least nine cases of hantavirus