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Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

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Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

The last eight American passengers who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit after exposure to an unusual hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that killed three people have left the Nebraska facility. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials on Monday (June 22, 2026) confirmed the end of the quarantine. “Through…

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WHO keeps evaluation of hantavirus as ‘low risk’ as ship approaches end of voyage

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WHO keeps evaluation of hantavirus as ‘low risk’ as ship approaches end of voyage

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, leaves the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Health Organization said on Sunday (May 17, 2026) it was maintaining its assessment of the hantavirus outbreak as “low risk” as the cruise ship where the outbreak originated approached the…

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One tests positive for hantavirus, Canadian national health agency confirms

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One tests positive for hantavirus, Canadian national health agency confirms

A passenger of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, boards a EuroAtlantic Airways aircraft bound for Canada at Tenerife Sud airport, Canary Islands, Spain, on May 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Canada’s national health agency on Sunday (May 17, 2026) confirmed that one of four Canadians who returned…

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Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak

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Canadian cruise passenger gets presumptive positive hantavirus test result after ship outbreak

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…

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French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on artificial lung as total cases grow to 11

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French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on artificial lung as total cases grow to 11

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday (May 12, 2026). The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed. Three…

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Two Indians aboard cruise ship with hantavirus cases evacuated to Netherlands

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Two Indians aboard cruise ship with hantavirus cases evacuated to Netherlands

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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Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus: WHO

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Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus: WHO

A general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. An outbreak of “severe acute respiratory illness” on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic has left two people dead and a third in intensive care in Johannesburg, South Africa’s Health…

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