Foreign Office 'working urgently' to help Britons on virus-hit cruise get home

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the situation is "very serious and deeply stressful" for those involved.

3 People Are Evacuated From Cruise Ship With Hantavirus Outbreak

Three people with possible symptoms of the disease were evacuated on Wednesday morning from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius.

By Claire Moses

Spain to repatriate 150 passengers from cruise hit by rat-borne virus

Hantavirus outbreak has killed three passengers on ship, which is en route to Tenerife

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to head to Canary Islands as Swiss confirm new case

More than 140 people remain on the Hondius, which will take about three days to reach the Spanish archipelago for screening. A local official has criticized the plan.

By Victoria Craw

Hantavirus hell: passengers stuck on cruise ship with deadly virus – The Latest

Three people have died and several others have been medically evacuated after the outbreak of a deadly hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship. There are still close to 150 passengers onboard MV Hondius, which is travelling towards the Canary Islands where it is set to dock. So how worried should we be about the spread of the virus? Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian reporter Oliver Holmes Continue reading...

By Presented by Lucy Hough with Oliver Holmes ; produced by Sam Gruet ; senior producer Bryony Moore ; lead producer Zoe Hitch

Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak

Argentina officials say a Dutch couple may have contracted hantavirus at a landfill in Ushuaia before boarding a cruise ship that saw three deaths.

Canary Islands refuses to allow MV Hondius with hantavirus to dock

Three people have died from the disease so far but the WHO says the risk to the public is still 'low'.

WHO confirms Andes strain of hantavirus in cruise ship passengers, with 3 transferred from ship for treatment

Health authorities have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which can be transmitted from person to person in passengers who were on a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak of the rare infection, officials said Wednesday.

Pope to inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in June trip to Spain

Pope Leo will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain next month in a weeklong trip that will also take him to a migrant reception centre in the Canary Islands, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The June 6-12 visit will first bring Leo to Madrid for meetings with the government, parliament and King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. He will also preside over a prayer vigil with young people that will recall the last time a pope visited...

By Associated Press

Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship

Spain has given the green light for the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock on the island of Tenerife. However, officials in the Canary Islands have objected to the move. DW has the latest.

3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from ship with hantavirus outbreak

Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said, as the vessel at the center of a deadly outbreak remained off Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board waiting to head to Spain’s Canary Islands.

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Hantavirus outbreaks rarely happen. This Andes strain is ‘a complicated public-health situation.’

At least two people departed the MV Hondius cruise ship in late April and one has tested positive for the Andes strain, a type of hantavirus.

By Jaimy Lee

British doctor airlifted from hantavirus-hit cruise ship as cases rise onboard

Eight suspected cases of hantavirus have now been linked to the luxury cruise ship

By Harriette Boucher

Hantavirus Hit Cruise Ship Expected To Sail To Canary Islands—Third Case Confirmed - Forbes

Hantavirus Hit Cruise Ship Expected To Sail To Canary Islands—Third Case Confirmed  Forbes

Spanish passenger on the ‘Hondius’: ‘There are 23 people who got off on Saint Helena and have been wandering around’

Health authorities only began contacting the passengers who left the ship on Tuesday

By Enrique Alpañés

Hantavirus that killed 3 on cruise ship capable of human transmission: 10 things to know

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Hantavirus reaches Europe after deadly cruise ship outbreak: All you need to know

Hantavirus outbreak timeline: First case on April 11 to global contact tracing

Three people have already succumbed to the Hantavirus infection since it was first reported on April 11.

Canary Islands government rejects hantavirus-hit cruise ship docking there as eighth case confirmed and three evacuated

Two crew members with suspected hantavirus has been medically evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the outbreak.

Hantavirus Outbreak Kills 3 In Atlantic Cruise Ship : What We Know So Far

Hantavirus is a rare disease that usually spreads from infected rodents, typically through urine, droppings and saliva.

Could human-transmitted hantavirus be the next pandemic threat?

A cruise ship outbreak raises alarms

By Joel Mathis, The Week US

Three Evacuated From Cruise Ship Amid Fatal Hantavirus Outbreak

Three patients have been evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak, with 8 potential cases in total now being reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO announced early Wednesday morning three…

By TMZ Staff

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to sail to Spain; rare Andes strain confirmed

Since start of outbreak, World Health Organization says risk to broader public remains low

By Reuters

WHO chief says hantavirus outbreak not like start of Covid pandemic

The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship does not resemble the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, after n...

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship - The Daily Star

Suspected hantavirus cases to be evacuated from cruise ship  The Daily Star

Three suspected hantavirus cases evacuated from cruise ship – WHO

Three people believed to have been infected with hantavirus have been evacuated from a cruise ship off Cape Verde and are being taken to the Netherlands, the WHO chief said Wednesday. The post Three suspected hantavirus cases evacuated from cruise ship – WHO appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah

Cruise passengers tell of life on board stranded ship after hantavirus outbreak

"We're not just a story. We're not just headlines, we're people with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home," said a tearful Jake Rosmarin.

By Emmanuel Tetteh