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news live: four Australians among passengers on luxury cruise ship hit by deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak
news***| A British crew member who became ill after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on luxury
news.” As of Thursday there are eight suspected cases, five confirmed by lab tests as hantavirus, a rare family of viruses carried by rodents. The outbreak
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
outbreak of a “severe acute respiratory illness” that it said had killed at least two people while a third person was in intensive care in Johannesburg, according to the AFP news agency. Department spokesperson Foster
outbreak response has been "high chaotic and uncoordinated" but there was little general risk to the public. Here is what we know about the countries affected so far: Three British nationals have suspected hantavirus. Seven
outbreak is still unknown and it is not known if people other than cruise ship passengers and crew have been infected with the disease. WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus told a news conference that
news …**  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
outbreak was detected. The WHO said on Friday that at least eight people on the ship had fallen ill, including three who died – a Dutch couple and a German national. Six of these people
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 of Spain’s Canary Islands, on Sunday morning after
outbreak' and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss
Hantavirus, while serious, has a low transmission rate between humans and officials have maintained that the likelihood of a widespread outbreak comparable to Covid-19 or the flu is very low. The World Health Organisation
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hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius remain asymptomatic after the vessel arrived in Tenerife on Sunday, almost a month after the first passenger died of the rodent-borne disease on board the ship. “The anchoring has been
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
outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a total of eight people are suspected of having contracted the virus. “As of 6 May, there are 8 cases, 3 of whom are confirmed as hantavirus
Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people
hantavirus outbreak](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid), including what the symptoms are, how it spreads, how the U.S. has responded and more. - 🎧 **Epidemiologists are racing to identify individuals who've come into contact with those infected
outbreak that is believed to have killed at least three passengers. - **What is hantavirus?** It is [a rare disease](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/what-is-hantavirus-the-infection-that-has-killed-three-people-on-a-cruise-ship) that is usually spread from infected rodents typically through urine, droppings and saliva