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90-Second Read: Hantavirus-hit cruise ship docks in Spain; passengers disembark
May 10, 10:00 AM EDT
The MV Hondius, the cruise ship stricken with a Hantavirus outbreak, is evacuating its nearly 150 passengers in the Spanish island Tenerife on Sunday. May 10 (UPI) -- A cruise ship stricken with a Hantavirus outbreak is evacuating its nearly 150 passengers in the Spanish island Tenerife on Sunday. Three cruise ship passengers have died from Hantavirus infection, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. The MV Hondius docked in Tenerife Sunday morning to begin evacuating passengers who will be sent to their home countries. Before being released from the ship, passengers were screened for symptoms and all were asymptomatic.
MS NOW
90-Second Read: Evacuations of passengers from Hantavirus-stricken cruise begins in Spain
May 10, 9:27 AM EDT
TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The first plane carrying passengers from the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship left Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will be taken to a military hospital. None of the more than 140 people on the Hondius has shown symptoms of the virus, Spain's health ministry, the World Health Organization and cruise company Oceanwide Expeditions said. Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are infected with Hantavirus, which can cause life-threatening illness. Authorities have said the passengers and crew members disembarking will be checked for symptoms, have no contact with the local population and will only be taken off the ship once evacuation flights are ready to fly them to their destinations. But the Andes virus detected in.
KETV
90-Second Read: Here's the CDC's plan as Hantavirus-hit cruise starts evacuation process
May 10, 8:41 AM EDT
A cruise ship with over 140 passengers on board, including more than a dozen Americans, is being evacuated after a Hantavirus outbreak that has resulted in three deaths. A cruise ship carrying more than 140 passengers, including over a dozen Americans, started evacuations on Sunday following a Hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives so far. No one on board is currently showing symptoms, but five passengers who previously left the ship have been infected with Hantavirus. Passengers wearing protective gear started disembarking in small boats after the cruise ship anchored off Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. Hantavirus is not set up to cause a pandemic the way that COVID was, at this point, and there's nothing to suggest that it is on the way to doing that," former CDC.
CNBC
90-Second Read: Cruise ship hit by Hantavirus outbreak arrives in Spain's Tenerife
May 10, 3:06 AM EDT
The cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrived early on Sunday near the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Reuters footage showed, where it will anchor for the evacuation of the passengers and some of the crew. All passengers on the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius are considered high-risk contacts as a precautionary measure, Europe's public health agency said late on Saturday as part of its rapid scientific advice. The ship left for Spain on Wednesday from the coast of Cape Verde after the World Health Organization and European Union asked the country to manage the evacuation of passengers after the Hantavirus outbreak was detected. Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person-to-person. The passengers, none of whom has displayed signs of infection.
WTAP
90-Second Read: Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands
May 10, 2:23 AM EDT
A Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. TENERIFE, Spain (AP), The cruise ship at the center of a Hantavirus outbreak arrived off Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands, where the passengers and some of the crew will begin disembarking on Sunday, officials said. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, along with Spain's health and interior ministers, will supervise the operation in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. Nobody among more than 140 people on board the MV Hondius is showing symptoms of the virus, Spanish authorities, the World Health Organization and cruise company Oceanwide Expeditions said. Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers.
AP News
90-Second Read: Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands
May 10, 2:08 AM EDT
A Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa. TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — A Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, where the passengers and some of the crew are to disembark. View from the bridge of the Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius after its arrival at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. Live from the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife, Spain, where a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 passengers and crew on board is set to arrive. Three people have died.
The Times of Israel
90-Second Read: Spain’s Canary Islands brace for arrival of Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
May 9, 10:53 PM EDT
Passengers and some of the crew are expected to evacuate before the ship, where an outbreak of Hantavirus led to the deaths of three people, continues on its way to the Netherlands. A flight attendant on the Dutch airline KLM, who came into contact with an infected passenger from the cruise ship and later showed mild symptoms, tested negative for Hantavirus, the WHO said Friday. Spanish authorities said a woman on that flight was being tested for Hantavirus, having developed symptoms at home in eastern Spain. Three passengers from the ship, a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman, have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents. The only Hantavirus type that can transmit from person to person, the Andes virus.
AP News
90-Second Read: Health officials track dozens who left Hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality
May 9, 9:50 PM EDT
Despite a cruise ship outbreak of a rare rodent-borne illness, global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because Hantavirus germs do not easily spread between people. It wasn't until May 2 that health authorities first confirmed Hantavirus in a ship passenger, the WHO says. Health workers get off the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, a cruise ship carrying nearly 150 people as it remains off Cape Verde on Monday, May 4, 2026 after three passengers died and several others fell seriously ill in a suspected Hantavirus outbreak. Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 30 passengers disembarked from its cruise ship hit by a Hantavirus outbreak on April 24. Three passengers have died and several others have been sickened by Hantavirus on board the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise ship.
USA Today
90-Second Read: When will passengers leave Hantavirus cruise ship? WHO details its plan
May 9, 7:52 PM EDT
The company said passengers will leave the ship either aboard Zodiac craft carrying a maximum of five people or launch boats carrying up to 10 people under strict health protocols. The current public health risk from Hantavirus remains low." Ghebreyesus said there are currently no symptomatic passengers aboard the ship and confirmed a WHO expert remains on board. Spanish health officials said on May 8 that a woman tested after sharing a flight with a passenger who later died from Hantavirus had tested negative, though additional precautionary testing is planned. Passengers and a limited number of crew are expected to begin disembarking around 8 a.m. Healthy passengers will board country-specific repatriation flights in Tenerife.
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90-Second Read: American oncologist who became cruise ship's de-facto head doctor amid Hantavirus outbreak speaks to ABC News
May 9, 6:33 PM EDT
After the MV Hondius' doctor contracted the Hantavirus, one American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers. After the doctor on the cruise ship MV Hondius contracted the Hantavirus, an American doctor onboard jumped into action to help passengers navigate the outbreak. One of the patients died and the other two, the physician and one of the other staff members, were getting progressively sicker, and then the first news of Hantavirus came out." The ship's doctor and a ship's guide who tested positive are under isolation in the Netherlands. Stephen Kornfeld, an oncologist from Bend, Oregon, told ABC News that he quickly realized he was leading the response to a full-blown medical crisis on board the cruise ship. The ship's unidentified doctor was among the six people onboard who.
Seattle's Child
90-Second Read: What’s the risk of Hantavirus in King County?
May 9, 4:37 PM EDT
King County health experts say Hantavirus cases are rare locally, but deer mice can carry the virus in homes, sheds, cabins, and garages. Dear Mice (Image courtesy Yale School of Public Health) Health What's the risk of Hantavirus in King County? What parents need to know By Public Health Insider / Public Health — Seattle and King County The outbreak of Hantavirus on an international cruise ship has put this rare disease in the headlines. WHO is leading the investigation of that situation involving a specific type of Hantavirus that has not been found in the United States. We wanted to learn more about whether Hantavirus poses a risk to people in King County, so we checked in with Dr.
Forbes
90-Second Read: WHO Director Will Travel To Tenerife For Hantavirus Ship Evacuation: ‘Pain Of 2020 Is Still Real’
May 9, 2:04 PM EDT
Health officials are directly monitoring people in California, Arizona, Georgia, Texas, Virginia and New Jersey who were either aboard the Hondius or potentially exposed to Hondius passengers who disembarked from the ship before the outbreak was discovered. The man's wife died in Johannesburg after collapsing at an airport in South Africa, with health officials confirming she had the Andes variant of the Hantavirus. WHO officials said on May 6 that lab-confirmed Hantavirus cases increased to five with at least three additional suspected cases aboard the Hondius. The strictly monitored evacuation will send those aboard the ship back to their respective countries. The states have not yet reported symptoms among the people being monitored.
MedPage Today
90-Second Read: CDC Alerts Clinicians About Potential for Imported Hantavirus Cases
May 9, 10:19 AM EDT
About 30 passengers disembarked the ship on April 24, returning to their home countries, including several Americans. From 1993 through 2023, there have been a total of 890 lab-confirmed cases of Hantavirus in the U.S., with a case fatality rate of 35%. As of May 8, WHO reported six confirmed cases, two suspected cases, and three deaths. Several state health departments confirmed to MedPage Today that they have individuals under monitoring. In severe cases, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can significantly improve survival if started early.
AP News
90-Second Read: WHO head seeks to reassure Tenerife residents ahead of arrival of Hantavirus cruise ship
May 9, 9:56 AM EDT
The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. Spanish authorities were on Saturday preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations. Passengers on the the Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, during their voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. Argentina's tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — on Friday rejected the idea that the deadly Hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory. Caivano) An.
AP News
90-Second Read: Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a Hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
May 9, 9:06 AM EDT
Despite a cruise ship outbreak of a rare rodent-borne illness, global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because Hantavirus germs do not easily spread between people. To experts, the situation aboard a cruise ship has not spiraled because, unlike COVID-19 or measles or the flu, Hantavirus does not spread easily. The Hantavirus outbreak is "a sentinel event" that speaks to "how well the country is prepared for a disease threat. A Spanish Civil Guard officer inspects the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2026. It has been health experts in other countries, not the United States, who have been dealing primarily with the outbreak in.
CBS News
90-Second Read: Arizona man who survived Hantavirus 24 years ago, but lost mom and sister, says recent outbreak is "hard" to process
May 8, 9:48 PM EDT
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted Hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. Updated on: May 8, 2026 / 9:55 PM EDT / CBS News Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted Hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process. Health officials around the world are monitoring the deadly Hantavirus outbreak linked to a Dutch-flagged cruise ship that has caused nine confirmed or suspected cases, including three deaths. I imagine I got the same feeling that every person who's ever contracted Hantavirus and still deals with the effects afterwards of it," Zermeño told CBS News' "The Daily Report." "It takes you back, and it's no less.
LiveNOW from FOX
90-Second Read: Hantavirus latest: CDC gives update on outbreak linked to cruise ship
May 8, 8:59 PM EDT
CDC officials are responding to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak tied to an Antarctic cruise ship that has left three people dead. As of Wednesday, eight cases were involved, with five confirmed as Hantavirus by laboratory testing. The cruise at the center of the outbreak was the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius luxury cruise ship. This aerial picture shows a general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. On Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said three suspected Hantavirus case patients were evacuated from the ship and on their way to receive medical care in the Netherlands.