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A French woman who was a passenger on the MV Hondius is reported to be on life support due to a severe case of hantavirus.

Six individuals from Arrowe Park are returning home after completing their isolation period, with all contacts remaining asymptomatic and testing negative for Hantavirus.

Twenty British nationals, one German national, and one Japanese passenger were taken to a hospital for medical checks and monitoring after returning from the MV Hondius cruise.

A patient in France linked to the MV Hondius outbreak is critically ill and on an artificial lung.

All the protocols that health experts like me look for have been followed. But outbreaks on cruise ships are notoriously hard to control Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Hantavirus: the disease you wish you’d never heard of, as visions of the Covid pandemic flash through your head. I’ve seen lots of breathless coverage and some bizarre takes on social media, so I imagine many people are confused as to what’s going on. Let me start by saying that t

Passengers from the cruise ship struck by a hantavirus outbreak have been evacuated and sent to their home countries to isolate and receive medical treatment if necessary.

A passenger from the MV Hondius voyage has been admitted to a biocontainment unit in Nebraska after developing symptoms consistent with hantavirus.

PAHO held Q A session on hantavirus after outbreak on cruise ship Oscar Reyes 11 May 2026

The MV Hondius has completed the evacuation of its final passengers in Tenerife as it sets sail for the Netherlands.

A French national from the MV Hondius developed symptoms of hantavirus while being repatriated and was placed in isolation.

A British passenger is in intensive care in South Africa, confirmed to have hantavirus.

Health authorities are tracing passengers and contacts of those who disembarked from the MV Hondius before the outbreak was detected.

A 69-year-old British man is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while another Briton, Martin Anstee, is receiving care in the Netherlands.

PAHO supports the international response to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Cristina Mitchell 7 May 2026

Three 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.

A man who traveled back to Switzerland after disembarking the MV Hondius tested positive for hantavirus and is receiving care at a hospital.

While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread.

Three people with symptoms evacuated from MV Hondius to receive medical care in the Netherlands.

Three people have died after an outbreak of hantavirus onboard a cruise ship travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde. The World Health Organization says a total of seven cases – two confirmed by laboratory testing and five suspected – have been identified on the cruise ship so far. It is also investigating whether rare human-to-human transmission of the virus could be behind the cases. Madeleine Finlay talks to Prof Jonathan Ball from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to find out where the v