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WHO chief due in Canaries to coordinate hantavirus ship evacuation

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WHO chief due in Canaries to coordinate hantavirus ship evacuation

The World Health Organization’s chief is due in the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday (May 9, 2026) to help coordinate the evacuation of passengers hit by the hantavirus, Spanish Ministry sources said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will accompany Spain’s Health and Interior Ministers to a command post there “to ensure coordination between administrations, health control,…

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

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

Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde on May 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Spanish authorities on Friday (May 8, 2026) were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship…

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2 Indian nationals part of crew of luxury cruise ship that reported hantavirus outbreak

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2 Indian nationals part of crew of luxury cruise ship that reported hantavirus outbreak

Ships at dock at Granadilla port, where the MV Hondius, carrying nearly 150 people, is expected to arrive within three days, Spain’s Health Minister Monica Garcia said, adding that those on board were not presenting any symptoms of the disease, in Granadilla de Abona, Spain, May 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least two…

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WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases

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WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases

Mr. Tedros said Argentina would send 2,500 diagnostic kits to laboratories in five countries. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Health Organization said on Thursday (May 7, 2026) there were now five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic cruise ship outbreak, with three more suspected — and warned more cases were possible. The WHO said…

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Hantavirus outbreak: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says monitoring U.S. travellers on cruise ship

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Hantavirus outbreak: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says monitoring U.S. travellers on cruise ship

Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the ‘MV Hondius’ cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde on May 6, 2026. File | Photo Credit: AP The United States is ​closely monitoring the situation with U.S. travelers on ‌board the luxury cruise ship that was hit ​by a hantavirus outbreak, the ⁠Centers…

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Hantavirus strain capable of human transmission found in 2 cruise ship passengers, officials say

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Hantavirus strain capable of human transmission found in 2 cruise ship passengers, officials say

A cruise ship, hit by Hantavirus, is anchored off Cape Verde port. File | Photo Credit: Reuters South African health authorities have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person, in two passengers who were on a cruise ship at the center of an outbreak of the rare infection,…

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Hantavirus outbreak: Seven cases confirmed or suspected on stranded cruise ship

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Hantavirus outbreak: Seven cases confirmed or suspected on stranded cruise ship

Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde on May 4, 2026. (Picture taken with a mobile phone) | Photo Credit: Reuters Two cases of the deadly hantavirus have been…

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Hantavirus outbreak: Cruise ship with 150 aboard waits for help, not allowed to dock

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Hantavirus outbreak: Cruise ship with 150 aboard waits for help, not allowed to dock

The Hondius Cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard is waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died and at least three other people were left…

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Hantavirus risk to public is low, says WHO after outbreak hits ship

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Hantavirus risk to public is low, says WHO after outbreak hits ship

An archive image of the cruise ship Hondius, in Vlissingen, Netherlands | Photo Credit: via Reuters The World Health ​Organization said on Monday (May 4, 2026) there was no need for ‌panic and the risk to the public was ​low after three people died ⁠and three fell ill following a suspected outbreak of the rodent-borne…

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