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- Health explainer Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius: how worried should the public be? WHO officials say the wider public risk remains low, but passengers and contacts are being traced because the Andes strain can spread through prolonged close contact
- Outbreak explainer Hantavirus outbreak tied to MV Hondius reaches at least 11 cases Health officials are tracing confirmed and suspected Andes virus infections linked to the Dutch-flagged cruise ship, including three deaths and cases across several countries
- Public health Why officials say hantavirus is not another COVID-19 The MV Hondius outbreak has revived pandemic-era fears, but health officials say hantavirus is not highly transmissible and does not spread like COVID, flu or measles
Cruise outbreak
Spain confirms hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from MV Hondius
The patient is among 14 Spaniards quarantined in Madrid after evacuations from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship, where WHO has confirmed 11 cases and three deaths
Hantavirus response
Countries isolate MV Hondius passengers after hantavirus deaths
The UK, US and European health authorities are directing returning passengers into medical screening and weeks of monitoring after cases linked to the cruise ship
Health
Americans from hantavirus cruise ship enter U.S. quarantine
One evacuee from the MV Hondius tested positive for Andes virus and another had mild symptoms after a deadly outbreak that killed three people aboard the ship
Cruise ship outbreak
WHO sees no sign of wider hantavirus outbreak from MV Hondius
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned that more cases could still emerge because of the virus’s long incubation period
Cruise ship outbreak
Cruise hantavirus outbreak: where it may have started and spread
Investigators have not identified the first exposure, but scrutiny has centered on travel in southern South America as passengers from the MV Hondius are evacuated and monitored worldwide
Public health
Why MV Hondius hantavirus tracing is not a COVID-style alert
The outbreak has prompted an international search for possible contacts, but experts say the risk is lower and the tracing is focused on close, prolonged exposure
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Hantavirus cruise ship reaches Tenerife as evacuations begin
Passengers from the MV Hondius are being tested and sent home after three deaths, while health officials trace people who left the ship earlier
Cruise ship outbreak
Spain readies isolated evacuations for hantavirus cruise ship
The MV Hondius is expected in Tenerife this weekend with more than 140 people aboard after three deaths and a widening international contact-tracing effort
Cruise outbreak
Three evacuated from MV Hondius as Spain says ship will dock in Tenerife
The WHO said the suspected patients are being sent to the Netherlands, while Spain says the ship will reach Granadilla within three days despite objections from Canary Islands leaders
Cruise outbreak
MV Hondius to sail to Canary Islands after deadly hantavirus outbreak
Spain says the cruise ship is expected within days as officials arrange urgent evacuations and assess where the remaining passengers can disembark
Public health
Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak Leaves 3 Dead on MV Hondius
WHO says one case has been confirmed and five more are suspected as the cruise ship remains under precautions near Cape Verde
Atlantic cruise outbreak
Two Hantavirus Cases Confirmed After Cruise Ship Deaths
Three MV Hondius passengers have died, but officials have not confirmed the cause of every death as the ship remains under precautions near Cape Verde