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US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship quarantined in Nebraska and Georgia Eighteen Americans evacuated from a cruise ship after possible exposure to hantavirus are being closely monitored by health
monitored, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. A plane carrying 26 passengers and crew - including eight Dutch nationals - has arrived in the Netherlands. A flight departed on Sunday for the US carrying 18 people
cruise ship hit by a [deadly hantavirus outbreak](/news/2026/5/11/where-did-the-hantavirus-outbreak-start-and-where-has-it-spread) have landed in the Netherlands, as a repatriated [US passenger](/news/2026/5/11/two-more-cruise-ship-passengers-test-positive-for-hantavirus) tested positive for the respiratory infection. The two planes carried 28 evacuees from
Health and Human Services said all 17 US citizens on the flight will "will undergo clinical assessment" at a medical facility in Nebraska. Seven other US passengers had already returned and are being monitored
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 Regulations
passengers on board would undergo clinical assessment upon arrival in the US. ![The Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius arrives to the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife
US after disembarking earlier. All are currently not displaying symptoms. Georgia's public health department said two residents were being monitored and were in good health, showing no signs of infection. Arizona's health department
cruise ship carrying passengers from across the world is a situation that authorities say they are taking incredibly seriously. Three passengers have died either on board or after travelling on the ship, which set sail
cruise. Some disembarked before the first confirmed case of hantavirus was reported on 4 May. Eighteen American passengers have returned to the US. Sixteen are being screened at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
cruise ship MV Hondius arrive at Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands on May 10, 2026 [Peter Dejong/AP] ## What happened on the ship? Passengers on the MV Hondius anchored at Tenerife were evacuated and escorted
cruise ship when it docked in the Canary Islands on Sunday. None of them have reported symptoms but are being monitored, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. Janelle Holmes, CEO of Wirral University Teaching
cruise ship was completed. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that two planes carrying the final [28 evacuees](/news/2026/5/12/last-passengers-from-hantavirus-hit-ship-evacuated-american-tests-positive) had landed in the Netherlands. Their arrival from Spain’s Canary Islands concluded
cruise ship, came into contact with another passenger who was sickened by Andes virus, a type of hantavirus. She has attempted to appeal a federal order to quarantine in a North Dakota facility, asking instead
ship. Health departments in Georgia and Arizona are monitoring returning residents who remain asymptomatic, while other states, including California and Texas, have also identified passengers linked to the voyage. Singapore has isolated and is testing
cruise ship were flown back to the US, officials first ruled out the idea of mandating quarantine. But now, they are requiring certain passengers to remain in the Nebraska biocontainment facility until
US are among the countries that have agreed to send planes to Tenerife to repatriate their citizens. Health authorities across four continents are scrambling to track down and monitor passengers who left the ship before
monitor anyone who may have been exposed to the virus,” says Hammer. “As a precautionary measure, that includes everyone who embarked on the cruise.” While [utterly miserable for the passengers themselves](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/09/how-hantavirus-turned-hondius-dream-cruise-into-tragedy),
monitoring people who were on the ship: two each in Georgia and Texas, one each in Arizona and Virginia, and an unspecified number in California, according to the BBC's US partner, CBS News. None
Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship. Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP Investigators [are racing to determine if the deadly hantavirus outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/argentina-origins-hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-mv-hondius) that has killed three onboard
cruise on 11 April, but is not a confirmed case of hantavirus. The Dutch government update said before her death she had boarded a KLM flight heading from Johannesburg to the Netherlands, but became