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Cruise ship at centre of suspected hantavirus outbreak blocked from docking in Cape Verde

ship at centre of suspected hantavirus outbreak blocked from docking in Cape Verde Officials in [Cape Verde](https://www.theguardian.com/world/cape-verde) have said they will not allow a cruise

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 Verde

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated Two people in a serious condition who were evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak

Australia news live: four Australians among passengers on luxury cruise ship hit by deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak

hantavirus outbreak Four Australians are stuck on a luxury cruise ship stranded off the coast of [Cape Verde

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Cape Verde, on Sunday. The UK’s Foreign Office said: “We are closely monitoring reports of a potential hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship

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

cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde

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 cruise ship, which was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde

Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands

cruise ship hit by a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) and anchored off the coast of Cape Verde

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

cruise ship continues to be marooned off the coast of Cape Verde following a suspected hantavirus outbreak

Canary Islands refuses to allow MV Hondius with hantavirus to dock

outbreak of hantavirus reported while the ship was on its way to Cape Verde. The first affected passenger, a Dutch national, died on April 11, with his body remaining on board the luxury cruise

Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says

Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says ![This aerial picture shows a general view of a cruise ship off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde

About 40 passengers previously left ship hit by Hantavirus at island of St. Helena

Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. **Misper Apawu/AP** Misper Apawu/AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — About 40 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife

cruise ship hit by a deadly [hantavirus](/news/2026/5/9/spains-canary-islands-brace-for-incoming-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship) outbreak has arrived near the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port early on Sunday

Two Britons self-isolating after returning to UK from hantavirus-hit ship, say officials

Cape Verde, with four British crew members. The outbreak has been linked to a birdwatching expedition in Argentina joined by two passengers before they boarded the ship. Officials in Argentina, from where the cruise departed

Anger and resignation in Tenerife as hantavirus ship approaches

outbreak of the hantavirus, should be allowed to disembark there this weekend. It has travelled from Cape Verde, where three people were evacuated due to illness. On Friday, some Tenerife dock workers gathered outside

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

ship after 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

Cruise ship hit by hantavirus arrives in Tenerife to evacuate passengers

cruise ship arrived at the Canary Islands after spending days stranded off the coast of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde. Local authorities would not allow the ship to dock amid fears of a wider

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

cruise ship in the Atlantic, with at least one confirmed to have suffered from hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted to humans from rodents. Health authorities are now investigating a suspected outbreak of the virus

Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers

cruise ship MV Hondius](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/where-cruise-ship-hantavirus-from-what-next-canary-islands) that departed from Argentina bound for Cape Verde. Although it is not yet confirmed how the passengers were infected, a hypothesis being investigated by the World Health Organization

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

cruise ship. So what is the hantavirus, how does it spread and should people be worried? ## Who caught the hantavirus on the MV Hondius? The MV Hondius was sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Cape Verde