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news***| A British crew member who became ill after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on luxury cruise ship the MV Hondius
MV Hondius was anchored near the Canary Island of Tenerife after being stranded for weeks following an outbreak of the hantavirus on the luxury cruise ship. Health authorities have been locating and monitoring passengers
News that she had tested negative for the virus. Among the crew of the MV Hondius are 38 people from the Philippines. There are currently no recorded cases of hantavirus in the country, with officials
MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak off the coiast of Africa, [will land in Perth](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/14/hantavirus-australia-cases-cruise-ship-netherlands-to-perth-passengers-full-ppe) this afternoon after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew
MV Hondius in St Helena on 24 April before the first confirmed case of hantavirus was reported on 4 May, with **four remaining there** - **Two of the Britons** who disembarked on 24 April have already
news, **the hantavirus-hit cruiseship MV Hondius [has just arrived at the Port of Rotterdam](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5873599),** where it will be disinfected and its crew members will go into quarantine.  Health staff help patients on to a boat from the cruise ship MV Hondius on 6 May. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images - **Authorities around the world
hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius. The cruise 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
hantavirus-hit cruise ship will undergo the first three weeks of their quarantine at the Bullsbrook national resilience centre, just outside Perth. The flight crew that brings them back to the country will have
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
hantavirus while on board the cruise ship where the outbreak occurred has presumptively tested positive. Speaking at [news conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1cAcvC20M&t=1s), Dr Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, said the individual developed
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 for Disease
hantavirus strain onboard a luxury cruise liner was reported to the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) (WHO). As of this morning, nine probable cases have been identified, with three fatalities. It has left experts
cruise ship. So what is the hantavirus, how does it spread and should people be worried? ## Who caught the hantavirus on the MV Hondius? The MV Hondius was sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde
cruise ship MV Hondius to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where they live, with a suspected case of hantavirus. Six paratroopers, a Royal Air Force (RAF) consultant and an army nurse from
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/argentina-origins-hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-mv-hondius) that has killed three onboard an Atlantic cruise ship originated in Argentina, amid reports that some passengers have already returned to their home countries. Three passengers of the MV Hondius