Articles tagged with "hantavirus"

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Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again

The cruise ship MV Hondius was cleared to sail after thorough cleaning and disinfection in Rotterdam following a hantavirus outbreak. The outbreak caused 13 confirmed cases and three deaths. The ship is expected to resume cruises on June 13.

May 30, 2026

Hondius captain to leave hantavirus ship: WHO

Captain Jan Dobrogowski of cruise ship MV Hondius is leaving after a hantavirus outbreak. There are 12 cases and 3 deaths and over 600 contacts are being tracked worldwide.

May 23, 2026

Independent CONICET researcher and National University of Cordoba associate professor Raul Gonzalez Ittig holds a preserved specimen of a Graomys chacoensis rodent inside the Population Genetics and Evolution Laboratory of the Institute of Diversity and A

Passenger from hantavirus cruise quarantines on remote Pitcairn Island

A US woman exposed to hantavirus from the MV Hondius cruise ship is quarantined on remote Pitcairn Island, raising concerns among its tiny isolated community.

May 15, 2026

Norovirus particles, illustration. Norovirus is the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis. (AFP)

France locks down 1,700 on cruise ship after 90-year-old dies

French authorities investigate gastrointestinal illness on a British cruise ship docked in Bordeaux, with health officials testing possible causes among passengers and crew.

May 13, 2026

Argentina’s deadly hantavirus memories resurface after cruise ship outbreak

Survivors of Argentina’s deadly 2018 hantavirus outbreak recall painful memories after the recent cruise ship outbreak, highlighting trauma, stigma, quarantine measures and the lasting impact of the rare disease.

May 13, 2026

US, French nationals from hantavirus ship test positive

An American and a French passenger tested positive after evacuation from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, prompting international quarantines and a large-scale repatriation operation across several countries.

May 11, 2026

British Nationals, repatriated after a prolonged stay on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, arrive by coach at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, north west England, on May 10, 2026, where they are expected to stay for up to 72 hours.

Americans from virus-hit ship will not necessarily be quarantined: Official

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief says Americans evacuated from the MV Hondius after a deadly hantavirus outbreak are unlikely to face mandatory quarantine, stressing that the virus poses limited risk and 'is not Covid.'

May 11, 2026

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard wait for the arrival of the Cruise MV Hondius at port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 9, 2026. (AFP)

Everyone on hantavirus-hit ship 'high-risk contact', must be monitored: WHO

WHO advises monitoring all passengers after a deadly cruise ship outbreak, ordering 42-day surveillance and follow-up after disembarkation, while saying public risk to the Canary Islands remains low.

May 9, 2026

A bank vole (Myodes glareolus), also known as the forest vole, is a small rodent that can transmit hantavirus, which is dangerous to humans. (AFP)

Passengers to be repatriated after deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Countries are preparing to repatriate passengers from the MV Hondius after a deadly hantavirus outbreak killed three people and infected several others during the cruise across the Atlantic Ocean.

May 8, 2026

This handhout photograph taken and released on May 7, 2026 by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (R) speaking with WHO Health Emergencies Programme executive director Chikwe Ihekweazu prior to a virtu

Hantavirus outbreak risk to public 'absolutely low': WHO

Says the public risk from the deadly hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius is very low because the virus spreads only through very close contact.

May 8, 2026