Almost 150 people, including 17 Americans, are stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of west Africa, after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the vessel killed at least three people and left several others ill. The MV Hondius, operated by tour company Oceanwide Expeditions, left Ushuaia, Argentina last month on a journey through remote parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, several passengers became sick with a rapidly progressing respiratory illness, the company said. Seven cases of the rare rodent-borne hantavirus have been identified so far, including two confirmed cases and five suspected cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. The vessel with 149 people on board is currently anchored off Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, an archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa, after being refused entry to the port. There is no plan yet for disembarking the remaining crew and passengers, with Oceanwide Expeditions saying they are considering sailing on to Spainâs Canary Islands. What is hantavirus and how does it spread? Hantavirus can cause a severe and often deadly respiratory illness called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which killed Betsy Arakawa, the wi
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Health body gives briefing as Spain says ship will not dock in Tenerife but be anchored offshore and passengers will have no contact with the public Back to the virus-hit cruise, Fernando Clavijo, the regional president of the Canaries,…
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Health body gives briefing as Spain says ship will not dock in Tenerife but be anchored offshore and passengers will have no contact with the public Back to the virus-hit cruise, Fernando Clavijo, the regional president…
Read original at The Guardian →British guide Martin Anstee among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary Islands Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. They include a British…
Read original at The Guardian →In 2018, health authorities in southern Argentina were racing, trying to understand what had caused nearly three dozen people in the tiny village of Epuyen to fall gravely ill. By the end of the outbreak, 11 of them had…
Read original at CNN →Update 5/7/2026: Several media outlets reported yesterday that a French resident who shared a flight with the Dutch woman was suspected of having hantavirus. However, a spokesperson for the WHO told Gizmodo Wednesday…
Read original at Gizmodo →A rare strain of hantavirus, which has been known to spread between people in close contact, has been found in patients linked to a deadly outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship. The health ministry in South Africa said the…
Read original at BBC →Barely a month ago, they were embarking on a voyage of adventure to some of the worldâs most remote islands. Encounters with whales, dolphins and penguins awaited; landscapes of icy expanses, towering cliffs and…
Read original at CNN →An outbreak of hantavirus aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has taken a surprising twist. World Health Organization officials have now acknowledged the possibility that people are spreading the virus, which is normally…
Read original at Gizmodo →Two cases of hantavirus have been confirmed after three people died and another was left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak onboard a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean. A Dutch husband and wife and a German…
Read original at BBC →The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius on Thursday is en route to Spainâs Canary Islands, as European and African authorities rush to trace anyone who may have come into contact with the virus. The journey from the…
Read original at CNN →Hantavirus, a rare disease typically caused by exposure to infected rodentsâ urine or feces, is suspected in the deaths of three people after an outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Two hantavirus…
Read original at CNN →Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill What is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship? A suspected outbreak of the…
Read original at The Guardian →Almost 150 people, including 17 Americans, are stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of west Africa, after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the vessel killed at least three people and left several others ill. The MV…
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Health body gives briefing as Spain says ship will not dock in Tenerife but be anchored offshore and passengers will have no contact with the public Back to the virus-hit cruise, Fernando Clavijo, the regional president of the Canaries,…
View source →British guide Martin Anstee among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary Islands Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. They include a British man who was an…
View source →In 2018, health authorities in southern Argentina were racing, trying to understand what had caused nearly three dozen people in the tiny village of Epuyen to fall gravely ill. By the end of the outbreak, 11 of them had died. Their…
View source →Update 5/7/2026: Several media outlets reported yesterday that a French resident who shared a flight with the Dutch woman was suspected of having hantavirus. However, a spokesperson for the WHO told Gizmodo Wednesday that they had not…
View source →A rare strain of hantavirus, which has been known to spread between people in close contact, has been found in patients linked to a deadly outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship. The health ministry in South Africa said the Andes strain of the…
View source →Barely a month ago, they were embarking on a voyage of adventure to some of the worldâs most remote islands. Encounters with whales, dolphins and penguins awaited; landscapes of icy expanses, towering cliffs and rolling green hills…
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