Suspected Hantavirus Cases to Be Evacuated From Cruise Ship
WHO and Spain are preparing medical evacuations as seven people on board have been identified with hantavirus, including three deaths.
- The MV Hondius remains anchored in Praia, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 4, 2026, following a hantavirus outbreak that caused three deaths among the 147 people on board.
- Illness onset occurred between April 6 and 28, with symptoms including fever, gastrointestinal distress, and pneumonia; the World Health Organization notes that two deceased passengers had traveled through South America before boarding.
- Two sick passengers and one close contact are being evacuated by air for treatment, while three symptomatic individuals remain on board, according to Oceanwide Expeditions and health authorities.
- Canary Islands premier Fernando Clavijo argued in Brussels that the vessel should proceed directly to the Netherlands rather than calling at the Canary Islands.
- The World Health Organization and health authorities have agreed that epidemiologists will examine the ship Tuesday afternoon to determine the port where passengers may disembark.
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Civil Protection insists that evacuees will have no contact with the population. The Netherlands will be responsible for those who have nowhere to go.
Interior has explained that the evacuation of the passage will start, predictably, on Monday 11 May
In this live blog, we keep you updated on the news regarding the hantavirus infections on the Dutch cruise ship Hondius.
Three people will be evacuated from Hondius VM to the Netherlands via Cape Verde, the Dutch operator declared Tuesday night. The cruise ship stopped on Sunday due to a hantavirus outbreak on board will then return to the Canary Islands. - Hantavirus on a cruise: the two patients will be evacuated to the Netherlands and the boat will return to the Canary Islands (Health and well-being).
These are two patients and a passenger who came into contact with a case, who will be evacuated via Cape Verde, as announced by a WHO spokesperson.
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