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One of the 14 Spanish evacuees from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius on Sunday has tested preliminarily positive for the virus, Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia has said. Garcia wrote on X on Monday (local time) that one of the Spanish passengers currently under isolation at Madrid’s Gomez Ulla hospital had tested preliminarily positive in…
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…
The World Health Organisation said Saturday it considered everyone on board a cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak as “high-risk” contacts who should be actively monitored for 42 days. There are nearly 150 people on board the MV Hondius at the centre of the outbreak that has killed three people, which is heading…
Two Indian citizens are on board the cruise ship MV Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the same cruise ship on which Hantavirus has spread. According to BBC, so far five cases of Hantavirus infection have been confirmed on the ship and three people have died. At the same time, Dr. Karin Ellen Veldkamp,…
Three people died due to infection with Hantavirus on the luxury cruise ‘MV Hondius’ operated by a Dutch company in the Atlantic Ocean. Eight people have also been found infected with Hantavirus, one of the world’s most deadly and rare viruses. There are a total of 149 people on this cruise, including crew members. India…
Last Updated:May 06, 2026, 03:45 IST Spain will receive MV Hondius in the Canary Islands after a suspected hantavirus outbreak killed three, treat 147 affected people, then repatriate passengers and crew Hantavirus is typically a rodent-borne infection, transmitted through contact with or inhalation of particles from rodent urine, droppings or saliva. (Image credits: AFP) The…
Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause fatal respiratory illness, authorities and media reports said on Sunday. Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said in a news release it was “managing a serious medical situation” on a polar…