[HEALTH] · Netherlands, Argentina, South Africa, United Kingdom, Germany · 89 sources

3 months ago

Part of situation: MV Hondius hantavirus monitoring continues (137 clusters)

Hantavirus Deaths aboard Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius Prompt Evacuations

MV Hondius hantavirus Andes virus cruise ship outbreak passenger deaths

The Dutch‑flagged cruise liner MV Hondius departed Ushuaia, Argentina on 1 April 2026 with 88 passengers and 59 crew members. Within days an outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus spread among passengers, a virus that can be transmitted between humans and has a fatality rate of 30‑50 %.

The first fatal case was a 70‑year‑old Dutch man who died on board on 11 April after developing fever, headache, diarrhoea and acute respiratory distress. His wife later collapsed at Johannesburg airport and died in a South African hospital. A British passenger was later hospitalized in an ICU in South Africa, and a German woman died on 2 May. Tests confirmed hantavirus infection in the British man on 3 May and in the German woman on 4 May. By early May the ship had recorded eleven suspected or confirmed cases and three deaths.

The vessel sailed to the vicinity of Cape Verde on 3 May and was allowed by Spain’s Ministry of Health to enter the Canary Islands. It is now anchored in Tenerife, where passengers are being evacuated and flown home, while about 30 crew members remain to sail the ship back to the Netherlands. The WHO has urged strict isolation and a six‑week quarantine for contacts, noting that the overall public‑health risk remains low and that no cure or vaccine exists.

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