Hantavirus

Hantavirus

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from Covid-19

Health experts, including the Director-General of the World Health Organization, have stressed that the situation is fundamentally different from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Passengers evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, disembark after landing at the Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands, May 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Hantavirus protocol breach at Dutch hospital as medics race to curb spread

Passengers evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, carry their belongings after disembarking at Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands, 12 May, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Dutch hospital quarantines 12 over breach of hantavirus protocol

Hantaviruses under the microscope: An infection can cause no symptoms at all — or be fatal. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith/UIG/IMAGO

US says 18 passengers flown back after hantavirus outbreak on ship

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Hantavirus-hit ship's captain praises passengers and crew as evacuations conclude

Workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) stand aboard a tanker next to the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 11, 2026. photo: Reuters

Two test positive as evacuation of virus-hit cruise ship nears completion

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What is hantavirus and how does it spread?

A person wearing a mask stands aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Passengers begin evacuating from cruise ship hit by hantavirus

Hantaviruses under the microscope: An infection can cause no symptoms at all — or be fatal. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith/UIG/IMAGO

All passengers on hantavirus-hit ship considered high-risk contacts: EU health agency

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS

WHO chief seeks to reassure Tenerife residents over hantavirus cruise ship arrival

Tenerife South Airport, where the cruise ship MV Hondius was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on 9 May 2026. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Hantaviruses under the microscope: An infection can cause no symptoms at all — or be fatal. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith/UIG/IMAGO

New suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain and remote Tristan da Cunha

Ships at dock at Granadilla port, where the MV Hondius, carrying nearly 150 people, is expected to arrive within three days, Spain's Health Minister Monica Garcia said, adding that those on board were not presenting any symptoms of the disease, in Granadilla de Abona, Spain May 7, 2026.

New hantavirus case suspected on remote island as contact tracing continues