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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
hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents. Health authorities are now investigating a suspected outbreak of the virus on the MV Hondius, which is sailing from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde
country or elsewhere in the world," Juan Facundo Petrina, director of epidemiology for Tierra del Fuego province, told AP in an interview from Ushuaia. He noted that the province hasn't historically seen hantavirus cases
country’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases. Hantavirus is more commonly transmitted through contact with the urine, saliva or faeces of infected rodents. The director-general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the current
outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has [killed three people](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship)**, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and South Africa’s health department
hantavirus outbreak since it departed from Argentina a month ago. Spanish authorities have given permission for the ship to dock in the Canary Islands, despite concerns from local officials. [About 150 people are still aboard
outbreak was reported aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. Here's what we know about hantavirus. Hantavirus refers to a strain of viruses carried by rodents, primarily
hantavirus outbreak on transatlantic cruise](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5812588/what-to-know-about-the-hantavirus-outbreak-on-transatlantic-cruise) "Ecological systems are complex and messy," he says. Making sense of that mess to draw distinct lines from biodiversity to human nutrition takes painstaking work — tracing people
affected as markets have continued to receive oil that was already in transit when the strait of Hormuz was closed. Meanwhile, [Donald Trump has given Tehran a new ultimatum](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/donald-trump-iran-war-deal-us-bombing), telling the Iranian