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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

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

ship’s operators to organise the medical evacuation of two passengers with symptoms. The MV Hondius is listed as a polar cruise

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passengers have returned to US**  Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship

Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus

MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus A French woman and an American national evacuated from the cruise ship

Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says

cruise ship MV Hondius, the government has said. The patient is currently on the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where the ship stopped in mid-April. Two other British men have confirmed cases

Passengers from Hantavirus cruise ship enter isolation facility in Wirral

cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife. A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands

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evacuated from the MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla port on Sunday in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images The 17 American [passengers of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

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

evacuate patients from the 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

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

MV Hondius can "all get safely home with proper protection for public health", Cooper said. [About 150 people are still aboard the cruise ship](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clype7ededzo) under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide Expeditions has said

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

MV Hondius cruise ship. Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP The ship was anchored off [Cape Verde](https://www.theguardian.com/world/cape-verde) while arrangements were put in place to evacuate the crew members but on Wednesday evening the ship

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

cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean is to be medically evacuated, officials have said. The crew member is being prepared for medical evacuation from the MV Hondius along with a Dutch colleague, with Dutch authorities

Tourist hotspot at 'end of the world' denies causing hantavirus outbreak

MV Hondius. The cruise ship [is](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) [now anchored in Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7pzmg8zeno) where passengers are being evacuated

Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak is en route to Spain’s Canary Islands, where it plans to drop off 140 passengers and crew so they can be evacuated after weeks stranded

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife with Spanish passengers to be evacuated first – Europe live

cruise ship arrives in Tenerife with Spanish passengers to be evacuated first – Europe live Good morning, and welcome to our [Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news) live blog. Spanish health ​officials have said all the passengers

French national shows symptoms on return from hantavirus-hit ship

passenger of a cruise ship that was struck by an outbreak of [hantavirus](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l00588wq/what-you-need-to-know-about-hantavirus) has shown symptoms of the disease while being repatriated to France, the country's prime minister has said. Sébastien

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

MV Hondius.” The Netherlands ministry of foreign affairs confirmed the deaths of two Dutch citizens, noting both were “previously onboard a cruise ship near Cape Verde”. Because the ship is sailing under the Dutch flag

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

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions has said. A third passenger in a stable condition was on board an evacuation flight that

Having hantavirus was 'hell on earth'

passengers on the MV Hondius have died after the cruise ship set sail from Argentina on its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean around a month ago. The cruise operator confirmed that three people - including

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

passenger on the 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