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Hantavirus Outbreak

Hantavirus outbreak prompts 29 to leave cruise

Public health authorities conducted global contact tracing on Thursday after cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions reported that 29 passengers disembarked following the onset of a hantavirus outbreak.

07 May 2026-20:51
Argentina looks into cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Argentine health authorities are investigating whether their country is the origin of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed several people aboard an Atlantic cruise ship.

07 May 2026-02:41
Cruise ship with hantavirus cases to dock in Spain following evacuations

A luxury cruise ship, stranded off the coast of Cape Verde since Sunday due to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, was scheduled to sail to Spain on Wednesday after three passengers—two critically ill—were evacuated.

06 May 2026-18:58
Deadly rodent virus forces cruise ship to find port

Health authorities scrambled on Tuesday to secure a port for a cruise ship off the West African coast, where passengers were isolating following a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people.

05 May 2026-19:50
WHO says cruise hantavirus outbreak risk is low

The World Health Organization said a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Cabo Verde likely originated from infections acquired before boarding, stressing that the overall risk to the public remains low.

05 May 2026-15:48