Nations race to trace passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-07 · 10:53 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Nations are urgently tracing passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius following a hantavirus outbreak that resulted in three deaths. The virus was detected on the ship before it was stranded off Cabo Verde. Eight individuals, including a Swiss citizen, are suspected of contracting the virus. Approximately 29 to 40 passengers disembarked on April 24 in St Helena, a remote South Atlantic island, before the outbreak was reported. Health authorities are working to prevent further spread of the disease by identifying and monitoring these individuals.

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Three people, a Dutch couple and a German national, died from the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius.

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Countries are tracing passengers of a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak to prevent disease spread.

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Around 40 passengers had disembarked on St Helena.

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29 passengers left the ship on April 24 on St Helena island.

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Eight people, including a Swiss citizen, are suspected to have contracted the hantavirus.

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Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak before it got marooned off the coast of Cabo Verde, to prevent further spread of the disease.Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius. Eight ‌people, including a Swiss citizen, were suspected to have contracted the virus, according to the World Health Organization.The vessel’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said 29 passengers left the ship on April 24 on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena, where it made a stop on its way to Cabo Verde before the outbreak was reported. The Dutch government said around 40 passengers had disembarked there.

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