AP: There's A Risk Of A Major Hantavirus Epidemic
- 8.05.2026, 11:29
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Dozens of passengers on the Hondius cruise ship had already dispersed around the world before the outbreak was discovered on board.
Dozens of potentially infected passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius had traveled to their home countries before the hantavirus outbreak was discovered. They were not seen by doctors.
According to AP.
Health authorities on four continents were tracking and monitoring passengers who disembarked from the hantavirus-affected cruise ship before the deadly outbreak was discovered, and trying to find others who may have come into contact with them since then.
It is noted that WHO did not find some of those passengers until more than two weeks after they left, during which time they may have been in contact with thousands of people.
The map shows the countries where passengers who disembarked from a cruise ship affected by hantavirus traveled before the deadly outbreak was discovered.
Hantavirus outbreak
Reminder, the cruise ship MV Hondius was forced to stop off the coast of Cape Verde due to an outbreak of hantavirus that has already killed at least three people.
According to media reports, one laboratory confirmed case of infection has been confirmed on board, with five other people under suspicion.
The cruise started March 20 in Argentina and was scheduled to end on May 4. About 150 passengers were on the ship at the time of the incident.
A 70-year-old Dutch citizen was the first to fall ill and die. Subsequently, his 69-year-old wife also died in a Johannesburg hospital while preparing for evacuation. The third person who died was also a Dutch national, his body remains on board the ship.
The liner is now on its way to the Canary Islands of Spain after several days of docking off Cape Verde. All passengers and crew members will be medically examined upon the ship's arrival.
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