The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius was due to dock in Rotterdam on Monday morning for disinfection, with Dutch authorities preparing quarantine arrangements for the 25 crew members and two medical staff remaining on board. Local authorities said quarantine facilities had been set up for some of the non-Dutch crew, though it was not clear …
<!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> A passenger of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, boards a EuroAtlantic Airways aircraft bound for Canada at Tenerife Sud airport, Canary Islands, Spain, on May 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Canada’s national health agency on Sunday (May 17, 2026) confirmed that one …
<!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, board a EuroAtlantic Airways aircraft bound for Canada at Tenerife Sud airport, on May 10. | Photo Credit: Reuters One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak …
Australian citizens who were on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak returned home on Friday and will isolate for at least three weeks at a quarantine facility. Four Australian citizens, a permanent resident and one resident of New Zealand landed at an Australian air force base near Perth in Western …
The UK Defence Ministry has released dramatic footage of a British paratrooper parachuting through thick clouds onto the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to assist a man suspected of contracting hantavirus after disembarking from the cruise ship MV Hondius. The video captures the soldier gliding over the vast ocean before touching down …
Here is a roundup of which countries have confirmed or probable cases of nationals infected by hantavirus after the outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, according to the World Health Organisation. Among living patients, seven cases have been confirmed and an eighth is listed as “probable”, according to the WHO, the UN health body …
The health of a French woman who tested positive for hantavirus a day before has deteriorated in Paris, according to a CBC News report citing French Health Minister Stephanie Rist. The woman was one of the five French nationals repatriated on Sunday after being evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius. While specific clinical details …
A Dutch ornithologist has been identified as the suspected “patient zero” in a deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to an Antarctic cruise expedition, according to a report by the New York Post. Leo Schilperoord, 70, and his wife Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, were reportedly on a months-long birdwatching trip across South America when they are believed to …
A cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived off Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday, triggering a tightly controlled international evacuation operation involving the World Health Organisation, Spanish authorities and multiple governments. The MV Hondius, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, carrying more than 140 people from over 20 nationalities. The vessel did not dock …
<!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Cruise ship MV Hondius docks at Cape Verde’s Port Praia, where passengers are not allowed off the ship while health authorities investigate suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States said on Friday (May 9, 2026) it was organising an evacuation flight for Americans …