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Forbes

90-Second Read: Hantavirus Cruise Ship: Passengers Begin Disembarking (Live Updates)

May 10, 9:55 AM EDT

The remaining passengers on the Hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius began disembarking on Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday morning, the World Health Organization and cruise ship operators said, as officials direct the travelers to planes taking them to their home countries. Ghebreyesus says none of the remaining passengers or crew aboard the MV Hondius are symptomatic, but that "it is possible more cases will be reported" because it can be up to six weeks before those infected with the Andes variant of Hantavirus show symptoms. Most people will never be exposed to this." The World Health Organization confirms the number of lab-proven Hantavirus cases has risen to five and there are still at least three additional suspected cases among cruise ship passengers and crew. Sunday, May 10, 2026 The passengers and a.

WVTM

90-Second Read: Passengers disembarking after Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife

May 10, 9:16 AM EDT

The cruise ship at the center of the Hantavirus outbreak has arrived at the Spanish island of Tenerife, where its 147 passengers are expected to disembark. Passengers have begun to disembark the cruise ship at the center of the Hantavirus outbreak, Spain's ministry of health said, in a carefully managed repatriation operation involving multiple nations. The Hantavirus outbreak was first reported to the World Health Organization on May 2 and remains a low risk to the general public, the WHO said. Maria Van Kerkhove further explains Hantavirus outbreak: 'This is not COVID' The vessel, MV Hondius, had earlier Sunday morning docked at the Spanish Island of Tenerife carrying 147 people. Passengers were seen being ferried in small boats from the cruise ship anchored at the Port of Granadilla to the.

BBC

90-Second Read: Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected Hantavirus

May 10, 4:49 AM EDT

British Army medics have parachuted onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British national with suspected Hantavirus. The WHO has confirmed that as well as the six confirmed cases, there are two with suspected Hantavirus, which includes the British man on Tristan da Cunha. Meanwhile two Britons are voluntarily self-isolating at home in the UK, having disembarked the vessel at St Helena on 24 April before the first case of Hantavirus was confirmed. The man left MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the virus, in mid-April at Britain's most remote inhabited overseas territory, where he lives. Six cases of the virus have now been confirmed, including of two other Britons currently being treated off the ship.

Fox News

90-Second Read: Cruise ship linked to deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrives off Tenerife as passenger evacuation begins

May 10, 3:21 AM EDT

The cruise ship tied to a Hantavirus outbreak that killed three people arrived Sunday off the Spanish island of Tenerife, where passengers will be tested before being flown to their home countries. Janette Nesheiwat provides analysis on 'Fox News Live.' The cruise ship linked to a deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrived early Sunday off the Spanish island of Tenerife, where the evacuation of passengers is expected to begin. A cruise ship linked to a Hantavirus outbreak anchored near the Spanish island of Tenerife ahead of a planned evacuation. Passengers will be tested by Spanish health authorities to ensure they are asymptomatic before being transported ashore in small boats, Spanish officials said, according to Reuters. The cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by.

New York Post

90-Second Read: Virus-ridden MV Hondius cruise ship arrives in Canary Islands after deadly Hantavirus outbreak

May 10, 2:34 AM EDT

The Hantavirus-stricken HV Hondius docked in Spain Sunday morning after the outbreak on the ship left three travelers dead and sparked global concern over a possible wider spread of the rodent-borne illness. The Hantavirus-stricken HV Hondius arrived in Spain Sunday morning after the outbreak on the ship left three travelers dead and sparked global concern over a possible wider spread of the rodent-borne illness. The plagued Dutch cruise ship reached Tenerife – the Canary Islands' largest island – with more than 140 passengers and crew expected to undergo health screenings to check for symptoms before disembarking in small groups about three hours later. The weeks-long Atlantic cruise – which departed from Argentina on March 20 – spiraled into a nightmare when an elderly Dutch couple carried the rare Andes strain.

Upper Michigan's Source

90-Second Read: Plane carrying Spanish passengers from Hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship leaves for Madrid

May 10, 2:23 AM EDT

Passengers have started disembarking from the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored off Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The first plane carrying passengers evacuated from the Hantavirus-hit cruise ship departed from Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will go to a military hospital. Three people have died since the outbreak, and five passengers who left the ship are infected with Hantavirus, which can cause life-threatening illness. Spanish nationals were the first to leave the MV Hondius, which remains anchored off Tenerife after arriving hours earlier, and they will be under quarantine after they reach Madrid, Spanish health authorities say. The cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions listed 13 Spanish passengers and one Spanish crew member on board.

Forbes

90-Second Read: Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Will Disembark Sunday (Latest Updates)

May 9, 5:52 PM EDT

Oceanwide Expeditions, operator of the cruise ship MV Hondius, says at least 29 living passengers from 12 countries disembarked the ship and went home after the death of the first passenger on board (before officials knew of the outbreak). Ghebreyesus says none of the remaining passengers or crew aboard the MV Hondius are symptomatic, but that "it is possible more cases will be reported" because it can be up to six weeks before those infected with the Andes variant of Hantavirus show symptoms. Most people will never be exposed to this." The World Health Organization confirms the number of lab-proven Hantavirus cases has risen to five and there are still at least three additional suspected cases among cruise ship passengers and crew. Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society.

The Guardian

90-Second Read: ‘Empty and vapid’ CDC finally responds to Hantavirus outbreak. But experts say it’s too little, too late

May 9, 4:11 PM EDT

The CDCs limited role in responding to the Hantavirus outbreak is raising questions, including whether it now has a diminished role in responding to health scares. The Hantavirus outbreak was reported to the WHO on 2 May; a notice issued two days later updated to seven confirmed or suspected cases. It wasn't until Thursday that the CDC activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent Hantavirus outbreak and classified it at its lowest activation level. Late on Friday the CDC issued its first health alert to US doctors, advising them of the possibility of imported cases after at least six American passengers disembarked at St Helena. The passengers are being monitored for Hantavirus in several US states.

Los Angeles Times

90-Second Read: 'The CDC is not even a player.' As Hantavirus outbreak unfolds on ship, agency is MIA, experts say

May 9, 2:55 PM EDT

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 CDC's diminished role in this outbreak is an indicator the agency is no longer the force in international health or the protector of domestic health that it once was, some experts said. The Hantavirus outbreak is "a sentinel event" that speaks to "how well the country is prepared for a disease threat. It has been health experts in other countries, not the United States, who have been dealing primarily with the outbreak in the last week. Hantavirus was first identified as a cause of sickness of one of the cases on May 2.

WAVE News

90-Second Read: Is there a treatment or vaccine for Hantavirus? What to know about the illness

May 9, 2:26 PM EDT

A Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has brought the rare rodent-borne illness to the forefront. TIFFIN, Iowa ( KCRG /Gray News), A Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has brought the rare rodent-borne illness to the forefront. Currently, there is no specific treatment or vaccine for Hantavirus. But despite the outbreak, global health officials note the risk to the general public remains low because the virus's germs do not easily spread between people. According to the World Health Organization, investigations of the cruise ship outbreak remain ongoing, including determining the source of exposure.

WDBJ7

90-Second Read: Is there a treatment or vaccine for Hantavirus? What to know about the illness

May 9, 2:26 PM EDT

WAFB

90-Second Read: Is there a treatment or vaccine for Hantavirus? What to know about the illness

May 9, 2:26 PM EDT

NPR

90-Second Read: CDC says threat of widespread outbreak of Hantavirus remains low

May 9, 1:41 PM EDT

As Hantavirus has dominated headlines, sparking fears of another debilitating pandemic, the CDC stressed that the risk of sweeping contagion was small. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday said the agency had deep experience with the Andes strain of the Hantavirus, offering assurance to the American public that there was low risk for a widespread outbreak. Officials speaking to reporters on Saturday stressed that transmission of the virus from person to person was rare and the risk to the American public remains "extremely low." Hantavirus is typically contracted when humans come into contact with rodent urine, saliva or feces. Members of the press report from an expected reception point for passengers from the MV Hondius at the Granadilla Port on May 09.

LiveNOW from FOX

90-Second Read: Hantavirus latest: What’s next for cruise, passengers heading home

May 9, 12:03 PM EDT

The cruise ship at the center of a Hantavirus outbreak is set to anchor near the Canary Islands this weekend so passengers and some crew can disembark. WHO officials explained on Saturday, May 9, 2026, the evacuation process coming for passengers and some crew onboard the cruise ship with the Hantavirus outbreak. What we want to do is make sure we're focused on the passengers and crew on board." The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of Tenerife worried about the arrival there of a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, with more than 140 passengers and crew on board, is sailing on its way to Spain's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, and is expected to arrive at the island of.

NBC News

90-Second Read: World health chief addresses worried Tenerife residents as Hantavirus cruise ship prepares to anchor

May 9, 10:56 AM EDT

Protests continued on Saturday, with local residents shouting "Yes to tourism, no to the virus." Eight cases of Hantavirus have been linked to the outbreak on the ship, as of the latest WHO update on Saturday, and three people have died. Your families will not encounter them." The health chief said he would travel to Tenerife to "observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen." Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the World Health Organization, told a media briefing on Saturday that a health screening is taking place aboard the ship. Residents have taken to the streets to protest the incoming arrival of the MV Hondius, after the Spanish government overruled local leaders to grant permission.

USA Today

90-Second Read: 6 Hantavirus cases confirmed as cruise passengers await disembarking

May 9, 9:29 AM EDT

Planes will evacuate citizens from multiple countries aboard the Tenerife, Spain-bound cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak, where six cases have been confirmed as the Andes strain of Hantavirus. After the boat docks, she explained, there will be a small boat that will bring the passengers in groups to the dock for medical screening. Residents of multiple countries, including the United States, are being monitored after disembarking from the Hondius. The MV Hondius is set to anchor near Tenerife at 0300-0500 GMT on Sunday, or 10 p.m. For those who are healthy, those who are doing well, they will go to individual planes that are being organized by countries.

Mother Jones

90-Second Read: Polymarket’s Hot New Bet: Hantavirus

May 9, 8:15 AM EDT

Medical professionals sail towards the cruise ship MV Hondius in response to a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus. AFP/Getty Over the past four days, bettors on the prediction platform Polymarket have wagered nearly $3 million on whether we'll see a Hantavirus pandemic this year. But Polymarket users are spending big across several Hantavirus-related propositions—including whether a vaccine will be developed this year and whether or not officials will tie the cruise ship outbreak to a "lab leak." Polymarket declined to comment on Hantavirus betting. Users have wagered nearly $3 million on the odds of a Hantavirus pandemic. A cluster of cases of a particularly deadly strain of the virus erupted on a cruise ship last month, killing three people out of eight suspected cases linked to the vessel.

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

90-Second Read: 2 Hantavirus cruise passengers are Texas residents, health department confirms

May 8, 10:45 PM EDT

Texas health officials say two Houston residents were on the cruise ship linked to a Hantavirus outbreak. Department of Health and Human Services says two passengers who may have been exposed to the virus are Texas residents. There is no medicine, there is no shot, there are no pills or injections that we have that's effective in treating this." The state health department said the Texas passengers have no reported symptoms and have agreed to monitor themselves daily with temperature checks. New details are emerging about American passengers connected to a Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. We're learning more about American passengers on the cruise ship at the center of a Hantavirus outbreak.

San Francisco Chronicle

90-Second Read: Hantavirus update: California residents aboard cruise, no known San Francisco passengers

May 8, 8:09 PM EDT

California health officials are monitoring a resident exposed to a rare Hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. California health officials are monitoring a returned passenger exposed to an Andes Hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, but say the risk to the public is extremely low. San Francisco health officials said Friday there are no known city residents aboard a cruise ship at the center of a rare Hantavirus outbreak, while California officials monitor one returned resident for possible exposure. Crew members of the Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, MV Hondius, wait their turns for a first interview with epidemiologists, during the voyage to Spain's port of Tenerife, May 6, 2026. Federal officials notified the state that California residents had been aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch-flagged expedition ship at the.

AP News

90-Second Read: What we don’t know about the Hantavirus outbreak as the cruise ship nears Spanish territory

May 8, 6:15 PM EDT

Countries are preparing to manage 140 people on a Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands. 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. Some scientists believe the Andes virus implicated in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people in rare cases. Hantavirus is usually spread by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings and isn't easily transmitted between people. But the World Health Organization says the risk to the wider public from the outbreak is low.

WSB-TV

90-Second Read: Metro Atlanta infectious disease specialist says Hantavirus quarantine is the right move

May 8, 6:14 PM EDT

Workers from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet the American passengers this weekend and take them to a special quarantine facility in Nebraska. Seventeen Americans are on the ship where an outbreak of the Hantavirus has killed three people. Doctor Andrew Pugliese has treated infectious diseases for 33 years. Health officials believe there is little risk to the general public because it is not as easily transmitted as the flu or covid. He told Channel 2's Berndt Petersen the disease is treatable if caught early.

KETV

90-Second Read: Nebraska Medicine will quarantine American citizens on cruise ship impacted by Hantavirus outbreak

May 8, 5:57 PM EDT

Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed that they have been requested to receive and monitor American citizens on the cruise ship impacted by the Hantavirus outbreak. Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center confirmed that they have been requested by federal officials to receive and monitor American citizens on the cruise ship impacted by the Hantavirus outbreak. We are proud to support this national effort." READ MORE: CDC teams will meet Americans on Hantavirus-stricken ship at Nebraska quarantine unit and in Canary Islands Nebraska Medicine said the individuals being monitored are well with no symptoms of illness at this time. The individuals will be observed in the National Quarantine Unit, the only federally funded quarantine unit in the United States, which is on the.