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Cruise ship waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

hantavirus outbreak ![The MV Hondius cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape

Unwell British crew member to be ‘urgently’ evacuated from cruise ship after hantavirus cases

hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius. We are working closely with international partners to support

Two Britons self-isolating in UK after being on hantavirus cruise ship

hantavirus on the cruise ship struck by an outbreak, the UK Health Security Agency has said. They were on the MV Hondius

Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says

hantavirus in connection with an outbreak on board the cruise ship MV Hondius, the government

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MV Hondius cruise ship. Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP Investigators [are racing to determine if the deadly hantavirus outbreak

Canary Islands refuses to allow MV Hondius with hantavirus to dock

MV Hondius with hantavirus to dock The Canary Islands have refused to allow a luxury cruise ship experiencing a [hantavirus outbreak

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outbreak of hantavirus on luxury cruise ship the MV Hondius [is to be medically evacuated

Worldwide race to trace passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

hantavirus was detected, and anyone who has come into close contact with them since. Five cases have now been confirmed, including three deaths, following an outbreak on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius

What is the hantavirus that has been confirmed on an Atlantic cruise ship?

hantavirus cases are "ongoing, including further laboratory testing". The outbreak was reported aboard the MV Hondius

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

MV Hondius was just off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on Sunday. The UK’s Foreign Office said: “We are closely monitoring reports of a potential hantavirus outbreak

Cruise ship hantavirus strain can spread among humans, says South Africa

MV Hondius was infected with the hantavirus and was being treated in Zurich. It said there was no danger to the broader population. A Dutch couple and a German national who had been

How worried should we be about hantavirus?

outbreak started. Hantavirus typically spreads from rodents, with people infected by breathing in air contaminated with virus particles from rodent urine, droppings, or saliva. The cruise had been visiting remote wildlife areas, so a passenger

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents. Health authorities are now investigating a suspected outbreak of the virus on the MV Hondius

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

MV Hondius under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide Expeditions said. In its latest update, the World Health Organization (WHO) said eight cases of hantavirus - three confirmed and five suspected - have so far been identified in people

Two hantavirus cases confirmed, five more suspected on stranded cruise ship

hantavirus. “Contact tracing for passengers on the flight has been initiated,” it said. ## Evacuations planned for symptomatic passengers Despite the deadly outbreak, “the atmosphere on board MV Hondius

Having hantavirus was 'hell on earth'

hantavirus was found in patients [linked to a deadly outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko). So far three passengers on the MV Hondius

Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak

hantavirus outbreak "We're not just a story. We're not just headlines, we're people with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home," said a tearful Jake Rosmarin. For the American

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. **Misper Apawu/AP** Misper Apawu/AP MADRID — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members

Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US

outbreaks with the Andes strain. Concern has also arisen about 23 passengers who reportedly disembarked the MV Hondius on the island of Saint Helena on 23 April, as reported by [Spanish newspaper, El País

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

hantavirus linked to the outbreak – which can be up to six weeks.  Martin Anstee, 56, an expedition guide, was taken off the MV Hondius