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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 was confirmed
hantavirus - while another is showing mild symptoms. More than 90 passengers of the cruise ship, currently docked in Spain's Canary Islands, are being repatriated. The positive result marks the first confirmed case
hantavirus, including one whose infection has been confirmed by a laboratory, and five other suspected cases. Three people have died and one is currently
currently on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where the ship stopped in mid-April. Two other British men have confirmed cases - one remains in a stable condition in the Netherlands after being
hantavirus case had been confirmed and at least five other passengers were suspected of being infected. “Of the six affected individuals, three have died, and one is currently
confirmed cases are currently being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa. Meanwhile, a [British man on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo), with suspected hantavirus
confirmed its [first case of hantavirus](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjep78l5835o) after a French national developed systems while travelling on a chartered flight from Tenerife to Paris. French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said a woman was isolating
hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed, and there are five additional suspected cases,” the UN health agency said in a statement on Sunday. “Of the six affected individuals, three have died and one is currently
current information about the cruise ship passengers as well as what to know about this particular type of hantavirus and the U.S. response. ### **The latest figures on the outbreak** Eight cases have been reported — five
confirmed five cases of [hantavirus](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) linked to deaths aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Another three cases are suspected of being linked to the Andes strain of the hantavirus. The WHO says
case had been confirmed and at least five other passengers were suspected of being infected. “Of the six affected individuals, three have died, and one is currently in intensive care in South Africa,” WHO said
hantavirus occurred. Tedros Ghebreyesus stressed that "this is not another Covid" and that there were no symptomatic passengers currently aboard the MV Hondius, in a personal message to people on the Canary Island
cases had been traced. More than 90 passengers of the MV Hondius ship, currently docked in Spain's Canary Islands, are being repatriated. Three passengers - a Dutch couple and a German woman - have died after
confirmed to the BBC that they are monitoring three passengers who had returned to the US after disembarking. None currently have symptoms. Human-to-human spread is possible with the specific Andes strain that
cases of the virus have now been confirmed, including of two other Britons currently being treated off the ship. Oxygen was also dropped from an RAF A400M on Saturday, with supplies at a "critical level
confirmed cases, there are also two suspected cases, including a British man who is on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. He is currently in a stable condition and in isolation. A team
confirmed virus cases. Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents, but human transmission of the Andes strain - which the WHO believes some of the ship's passengers contracted in South America - is possible. Symptoms can include
Hantavirus has not been confirmed in the Dutch woman's husband or the other deceased passenger - a German national who passed away on 2 May. Testing is taking place for other passengers and crew members
currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde – to enter the archipelago, saying authorities [lacked enough information](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) about the outbreak of the potentially deadly disease to guarantee public safety. About 150 people from
cases of Hantavirus reported in the U.S. have been in the rural Western states.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3653x3653+674+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F2c%2F6c0fb0474facaf5a5a525606cca0%2Fgettyimages-758303597.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5814761/hantavirus-likely-not-the-next-covid) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak