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The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius ship set off April 1 from Ushuaia, Argentina, taking in remote islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, including Tristan da Cunha, before heading north to Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, where remaining passengers were evacuated. | Photo Credit: AP The World Health Organization on Thursday (July 2, 2026) declared an end…
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The World Health Organization has said the hantavirus will not become a pandemic threat, given the low risk of transmission. File | Photo Credit: AP Argentina has said it is expanding its investigation into the origins of the hantavirus outbreak that struck an Atlantic cruise ship last month, sending scientists to trap and test rats…
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Preparations are underway prior to the arrival of the MV Hondius cruise ship at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on May 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is scheduled to arrive in the port city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday morning (May 18, 2026)….
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Passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, board a EuroAtlantic Airways aircraft bound for Canada at Tenerife Sud airport, on May 10. | Photo Credit: Reuters One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak received a “presumptive positive” test…
Passengers evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, disembark after landing at the Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands, on May 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the hantavirus-hit ship MV Hondius landed in the Netherlands Tuesday (May 12, 2026),…
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An ambulance departs the air base on the day passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, arrive at the Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands on May 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two Indian nationals aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, which reported a hantavirus outbreak, were evacuated to…
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A repatriated British national from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, disembarks a plane at Manchester Airport in Manchester, Britain, on May 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A plane carrying 20 U.K. citizens who were passengers on a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak landed in Manchester,…
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A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands Sunday (May 10, 2026), where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, AFP…
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The story so far: Following a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius expedition cruise ship in early May, in which three deaths were reported and at least five others were infected, global attention has once again turned to the group of viruses. Hantavirus had made headlines last year following the passing of Betsy Hackman, the…
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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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