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news From Australians among the remaining 22 passengers on board the MV Hondius were scheduled to be evacuated

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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 [is to be medically evacuated

Why cruise ship passengers with possible hantavirus exposure went to Nebraska

news conference. The 15 people in the quarantine unit will continue to be monitored for signs of the illness. ![Passengers carry their belongings in plastic bags after being evacuated from the MV Hondius

Worldwide race to trace passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

MV Hondius in St Helena on 24 April before the first confirmed case of hantavirus was reported on 4 May, with four remaining there. One patient is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan

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

MV Hondius anchored at Tenerife were evacuated and escorted to shore by officials in full protective gear on small boats on Sunday. They were then put on planes that began to fly to several destinations

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evacuated from the MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images The 17 American [passengers of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Tourist hotspot at 'end of the world' denies causing hantavirus outbreak

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. It began its journey

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife

MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port early on Sunday, escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, according to data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder. The ship had left for Tenerife on Wednesday from

Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

MV Hondius to be barred from reaching Spanish shores. “The Canary Islands cannot become Europe’s health laboratory … We demand transparency, responsibility, and protection for Spaniards to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past

Two more cruise ship passengers test positive for hantavirus

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

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MV Hondius have died, one is in intensive care in a South African hospital, and [three others were evacuated](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-hantavirus-strain-andes-spread-humans-south-africa) from the ship on Wednesday. Another man who left the ship earlier

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife with Spanish passengers to be evacuated first – Europe live

evacuated will be the Spanish ones, [according to Spanish newspaper El País](https://elpais.com/sociedad/2026-05-10/ultima-hora-del-brote-de-hantavirus-en-directo.html).  Spanish health

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

MV Hondius, which is sailing from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde. In a statement on Sunday, the World Health Organization said that one case had been confirmed and at least five other passengers were

Two Britons evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship ‘improving’ in hospital

evacuated from the [hantavirus](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands)-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said. A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to [South Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica)

What is hantavirus, suspected in deaths of three people on cruise ship?

MV Hondius was sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde. Currently anchored off Cape Verde, the ship was considering ‌sailing to Las Palmas or Tenerife ‌for disembarkation, Reuters reported on Monday. Three people who were

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

evacuated. But first, the headlines. ## Five big stories 1. ***UK politics*** | Keir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential [Labour leadership rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) from

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

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 on Tuesday. The ship, carrying 146 people, arrived at Tenerife, the largest

Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says

evacuated to South Africa at the end of April. He remains in intensive care and has been said by officials to be "doing better". Two other British nationals are already self-isolating at home

Crew members on hantavirus cruise ship to be evacuated | First Thing

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