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risk to the public was low, stressing the outbreak was not similar to the Covid-19 pandemic. - **Three Britons** are confirmed or suspected to have contracted hantavirus - One of them is being **treated
pandemic, but it has stirred anxieties in the Canary Islands and elsewhere.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2Fc2%2F1aa24d21407d8a06d28d5560babb%2Fgettyimages-2275298215.jpg) Members of the press report from an expected reception point for passengers from the MV Hondius at the Granadilla Port
hantavirus-struck MV Hondius cruise ship](/news/2026/5/11/where-did-the-hantavirus-outbreak-start-and-where-has-it-spread) have been flown to the Netherlands. But new cases are emerging as researchers race to track down where the outbreak originated. As authorities seek to arrange quarantines
pandemics often mirror the inequalities of globalisation itself: Those with the greatest freedom of movement generate disproportionate epidemiological risk, while those with the fewest resources are left most exposed to its consequences. Class has long
hantavirus outbreak, passengers and crew members from more than 20 countries on the affected cruise ship, MV Hondius, required coordinated monitoring, contact tracing, medical evacuation, and public health guidance across borders. Under the International Health
pandemic preparedness and prevention director, Maria Van Kerkhove, said that while everybody on board will be classified as “a high-risk contact”, the risk to the general public and the people of the Canaries remained
MV Hondius](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy) – a Dutch couple and a German woman – have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents. No vaccines or specific treatments exist
hantavirus was confirmed to be negative. Maria Van Kerkhove, the director of the WHO’s department for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, said on Friday that the earlier count “included one individual
MV Hondius, the World Health Organization has said. The UN health agency also said [the outbreak is not the start of pandemic](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvpzgn26edo) like Covid six years ago, because this hantavirus strain spreads
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 remains calm, with passengers generally composed
hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, Spain, 10 May, 2026. Photograph: AP The two outbreaks “are just the latest crises in our troubled world”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening
MV Hondius, and said it is assessing an additional suspected infection on Tristan da Cunha. Officials have not released further details about the new case. Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – have
pandemic. The MV Hondius is expected to dock in the Canary Islands this weekend, with the remaining 22 Britons on board due to fly home on a charter flight soon after. Five cases of hantavirus
MV Hondius will dock in either Gran Canaria or Tenerife. When the rest of the crew and passengers arrive in the Canary Islands, they will be examined, treated and repatriated to their respective countries, Spain
MV Hondius are now at the Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x5760+1456+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Feb%2Fbb%2F551c2230402aa3becde3dd436609%2Fgettyimages-2275126034.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5819872/hantavirus-quarantine) ### [Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/health/) ### [Hantavirus countdown: U.S. cruise passengers
pandemic in 2020. Health authorities in the region said a "genuinely herculean effort" was needed to prepare the site, where the [passengers from the MV Hondius will be monitored](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g83vddnz0o) before they
MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, looks on from inside a bus in Tenerife, Spain, on 11 May. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters Craig Spencer, a doctor who developed Ebola after volunteering in Guinea
MV Hondius which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak in April has tested positive for the disease, officials in the province of British Columbia say. The individual, one of four people isolating on Vancouver Island
MV Hondius are now at the Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5760x5760+1456+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Feb%2Fbb%2F551c2230402aa3becde3dd436609%2Fgettyimages-2275126034.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5819872/hantavirus-quarantine) ### [Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/health/) ### [Hantavirus countdown: U.S. cruise passengers
risk after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz Good morning. The US and Iran [traded fire late on Thursday](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/iran-accuses-us-of-violating-ceasefire-by-targeting-civilian-areas-and-ships-on-strait-of-hormuz) in the greatest test so far to their month-long ceasefire. Tehran