An American citizen and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials said, as the repatriation operation continued on Monday. So far, at least 6 cases have been confirmed, two are suspected and three passengers have died following the outbreak of the rare virus – for which no specific cure exists. But should we worry about the virus spreading?
Hantavirus outbreak: Should we worry about the virus spreading?
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Mon 00:12 - Fox News
Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat
Tue 09:07 - France 24
Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship
Tue 19:54 - The Telegraph
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Tue 21:54 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'
Tue 22:11 - NYT Europe
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Wed 03:19 - Al Jazeera English
Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands
Wed 08:42 - Euronews
'We don't know what we're dealing with': Canary Islands reject hantavirus cruise ship
Wed 09:40 - France 24
Evacuation of three people from hantavirus-hit cruise ship 'ongoing': WHO
Wed 10:04 - France 24
Live: Hantavirus-infected patient hospitalised in Zurich as three more 'evacuated' from cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW All
Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW All
Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'
Wed 10:11 - DW Top
Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'
Wed 10:14 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain to dock in Canary Islands
Wed 11:45 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Top
Medicine: The most important questions and answers about the hantavirus
Wed 11:46 - France 24
Hantavirus: Latest updates on the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius
Wed 12:00 - UN News All
Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease
Wed 12:05 - Fox News
Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak
Wed 13:42 - Fox News
Doctor warns 'terrifying' cruise virus can be mistaken for flu before turning deadly
Wed 15:22 - France 24
3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from ship with hantavirus outbreak
Wed 16:24 - Financial Times
Spain to repatriate 150 passengers from cruise hit by rat-borne virus
Wed 16:52 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, the Ministry of Health alerts border offices
Wed 16:56 - Le Monde
Hantavirus: many unknowns around an “unprecedented and worrying” health event; the WHO wants to reassure about the pandemic risk
Wed 17:01 - Fox News
Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak
Wed 21:38 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th
Wed 21:38 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th
Wed 21:43 - Sky News (UK)
British ex-police officer evacuated from cruise ship isolating in hospital with hantavirus
Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera English
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Thu 00:20 - NYT Europe
Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States
Thu 02:33 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, the dead Dutch spouses had traveled between Chile, Uruguay and Argentina
Thu 03:55 - BBC Europe
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated
Thu 04:35 - BBC Headlines
Two Britons self-isolating in UK after leaving hantavirus cruise ship early
Thu 05:43 - NRK (NO)
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Thu 07:09 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: the ship heading to the Canaries, “For now, the risk for the rest of the world is low”
Thu 08:15 - Aftenposten (NO)
Flight attendant in hospital with possible hantavirus infection
Thu 08:37 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: a flight attendant hospitalized in the Netherlands after a risky contact
Thu 09:31 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'
Thu 09:31 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'
Thu 09:36 - France 24
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Spain's Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
Thu 09:38 - France 24
Argentina probes link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise
Thu 09:39 - France 24
What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak
Thu 10:08 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: “No one has symptoms on board anymore”
Thu 10:11 - Die Welt
More guests than expected left the Hantavirus ship - flight attendant in hospital with symptoms
Thu 10:30 - DW All
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship
Thu 10:30 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship
Thu 10:31 - ANSA Top News
Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'
Thu 10:36 - ANSA Mondo
Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'
Thu 10:58 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Hantavirus: At least 29 passengers left the “MS Hondius” after the virus outbreak
Thu 10:58 - El Pais
Breaking news on the Hantavirus outbreak, live | The cruise company raises to 30 the number of passengers on the ship who got off before the outbreak was detected
Thu 11:00 - HLN (BE)
Now that a flight attendant is also in hospital quarantine: is hantavirus more contagious than thought? Virologist Marc Van Ranst explains
Thu 11:03 - DW All
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship
Thu 11:03 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship
Thu 11:03 - DW All
Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low
Thu 11:03 - DW Top
Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low
Thu 12:00 - UN News Global
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says
Thu 12:00 - UN News All
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says
Thu 13:41 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus, the ship bound for the Canary Islands. 'All the infected have already disembarked'
Thu 13:54 - Euronews
Deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship - everything you need to know in under 3 minutes
Thu 14:12 - Euronews
EU steps up coordination on hantavirus but insists risks for citizens are 'low'
Thu 15:00 - Euronews
Tenerife locals 'concerned but calm' as hantavirus-hit cruise ship approaches
Thu 16:53 - ANSA Mondo
Chile excludes that the MV Hondius hantavirus infection occurred in the country
Thu 21:25 - Al Jazeera English
Tenerife resort town awaits hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Fri 03:30 - El Pais
Unprecedented anchoring in Tenerife, boats and negotiations with 22 countries: the difficult return home for the passengers of the hantavirus cruise
Fri 06:03 - BBC Headlines
Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says
Fri 09:08 - Al Jazeera English
UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island
Fri 09:16 - France 24
More hantavirus cases possible after cruise ship outbreak, says World Health Organisation
Fri 10:00 - Fox News
DR MARC SIEGEL: Hantavirus cruise outbreak is alarming but fear is spreading faster than facts
Fri 11:04 - Euronews
Hantavirus outbreak: what you need to know about virus risks at sea
Fri 11:59 - The Hill
Trump on Hantavirus: 'It's very much we hope under control'
Fri 12:00 - UN News All
Wider hantavirus outbreak risk is ‘absolutely low’, insists UN health agency
Fri 12:00 - France 24
Hantavirus outbreak risk to public is 'absolutely low', WHO says
Fri 14:17 - Financial Times
UK grapples with fallout from deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Fri 14:27 - The Telegraph
Blindsided: Why there are no vaccines or treatments for hantavirus
Fri 15:51 - The Hill
Is there a treatment for hantavirus?
Fri 15:54 - DW All
Hantavirus: US plans evacuation flight for American cruise passengers
Fri 15:54 - DW Top
Hantavirus: US plans evacuation flight for American cruise passengers
Fri 15:54 - DW All
Hantavirus: Spain readies to receive cruise ship
Fri 15:54 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Spain readies to receive cruise ship
Fri 16:00 - HLN (BE)
“How much should we worry about the hantavirus? Corona learned: Marc Van Ranst is our canary in the coal mine”
Fri 18:56 - Al Jazeera English
Protests in the Canary Islands as virus-stricken ship heads for port
Fri 19:40 - NRK (NO)
Lost her friend after the hantavirus: - A lot of sadness and uncertainty
Fri 20:29 - DN (SE)
The contagion has left the ship - five points about the hantavirus
Fri 22:49 - The Hill
US sending plane for Americans on hantavirus cruise ship
Sat 00:30 - The Hill
US to send charter flight for Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
Sat 00:45 - Fox News
CDC spells out next steps after Americans exposed to hantavirus on cruise ship
Sat 02:00 - Sky News (UK)
Hantavirus figures updated - as cruise ship at centre of outbreak nears the Canary Islands
Sat 04:42 - The Guardian
Evacuation of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship could face delays due to bad weather
Sat 07:42 - Al Jazeera English
Spain’s Canary Islands brace for incoming hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
Sat 08:39 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands to evacuate passengers
Sat 12:35 - Al Jazeera English
Trump says hantavirus is ‘under control’ as WHO tracks cruise outbreak
Sat 13:41 - DW All
Hantavirus: Spain prepares to receive cruise ship
Sat 13:41 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Spain prepares to receive cruise ship
Sat 14:12 - Washington Examiner
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
Sat 14:45 - France 24
Contact tracing begins after Hantavirus-hit cruise passengers disembarks in St. Helena
Sat 15:34 - Politico EU
EU countries prepare repatriation of hantavirus ship passengers
Sat 15:50 - Financial Times
Tenerife prepares to evacuate hantavirus cruise ship
Sat 16:01 - France 24
European nations dispatch planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Sat 16:31 - The Hill
115 sick in norovirus outbreak on Florida-bound cruise ship, CDC says
Sat 16:36 - Washington Examiner
Bhattacharya urges calm over hantavirus as Americans affected are moved to 42-day isolation
Sat 16:46 - DW All
Hantavirus: WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents as Spain prepares for cruise ship's arrival
Sat 16:46 - DW Top
Hantavirus: WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents as Spain prepares for cruise ship's arrival
Sat 16:47 - Aftenposten (NO)
Everyone on board the virus ship will be monitored for 42 days
Sun 00:38 - NYT Europe
Passengers on Hantavirus Cruise Ship Will Disembark in Tenerife and Return to Home Countries
Sun 01:08 - BBC Europe
Tenerife medics poised for arrival of virus-hit cruise ship
Sun 05:35 - France 24
Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Spain's Canary Islands
Sun 06:28 - Euronews
Hantavirus cruise ship arrives in Spain's Canary Islands
Sun 06:48 - Al Jazeera English
Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife
Sun 07:07 - NYT Europe
Cruise Ship Linked to Hantavirus Outbreak Arrives in Spain’s Canary Islands for Disembarking
Sun 07:21 - Fox News
Cruise ship linked to deadly Hantavirus outbreak arrives off Tenerife as passenger evacuation begins
Sun 08:54 - Politico EU
Passengers begin leaving hantavirus ship at Tenerife
Sun 08:56 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands
Sun 09:47 - France 24
Live: Spanish passengers begin evacuating hantavirus-hit cruise ship, other nationalities to follow
Sun 09:58 - DW All
Hantavirus: Passengers evacuate off MV Hondius in Tenerife
Sun 09:58 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Passengers evacuate off MV Hondius in Tenerife
Sun 10:43 - Euronews
Watch: Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife
Sun 10:49 - France 24
International evacuation underway as cruise ship passengers return home
Sun 11:52 - DW All
Hantavirus: First evacuation flight leaves Tenerife
Sun 11:52 - DW Top
Hantavirus: First evacuation flight leaves Tenerife
Sun 11:52 - DW All
Hantavirus: Passengers leave Tenerife on evacuation flights
Sun 11:52 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Passengers leave Tenerife on evacuation flights
Sun 12:00 - UN News All
Passengers leave hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife as WHO says outbreak ‘not another COVID’
Sun 12:00 - UN News Global
Passengers leave hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife as WHO says outbreak ‘not another COVID’
Sun 12:14 - The Hill
Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
Sun 13:11 - Al Jazeera English
Passengers from Hantavirus-hit cruise begin disembarking ship
Sun 13:43 - Washington Examiner
Passengers disembark hantavirus-plagued cruise ship off Spain’s Canary Islands
Sun 14:29 - France 24
Passengers disembark from Hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Canary Islands
Sun 22:21 - BBC Headlines
British passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolating in hospital, says UKHSA
Mon 00:56 - The Guardian
Hantavirus cruise ship passengers 'remain asymptomatic' before flights home – video
Mon 04:55 - NRK (NO)
American cruise passenger tested positive for hantavirus
Mon 05:34 - Washington Examiner
US passenger aboard MV Hondius cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus
Mon 06:45 - France 24
French evacuee from hantavirus-hit ship tests positive, health minister says
Mon 08:06 - The Guardian
Hantavirus cruise ship passengers enter isolation facility after evacuation to UK
Mon 09:11 - BBC Headlines
US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship
Mon 09:21 - Financial Times
Two cruise ship evacuees test positive for hantavirus
Mon 09:23 - The Guardian
Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus
Mon 09:30 - Al Jazeera English
Two more cruise ship passengers test positive for hantavirus
Mon 09:47 - DW All
Hantavirus: Evacuated passengers begin returning home
Mon 09:47 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Evacuated passengers begin returning home
Mon 10:15 - France 24
Hantavirus: Ship evacuations enter second day
Mon 10:45 - France 24
French passenger from hantavirus ship tests positive
Mon 10:49 - France 24
Hantavirus outbreak: US, French nationals test positive after evacuating ship
Mon 10:50 - France 24
Suspected hantavirus case triggers emergency deployment to isolated island
Mon 10:54 - Politico EU
France enforces strict measures after citizen tests positive for hantavirus
Mon 12:18 - Euronews
Where are the hantavirus-hit cruise passengers now? Countries across Europe impose quarantines
Mon 12:45 - The Hill
American on cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus as 17 arrive in Nebraska
Mon 13:06 - France 24
More confirmed hantavirus cases: The situation in France
Mon 13:09 - France 24
Hantavirus ship evacuation nears completion as 94 flown home
Mon 13:30 - Al Jazeera English
Where did the hantavirus outbreak start, and where has it spread?
Mon 14:14 - The Bulletin (BE)
Two Belgians isolating in Antwerp hospital after hantavirus outbreak on cruise
Mon 14:33 - France 24
Hantavirus: French PM Lecornu holds talks with medical advisers, ministers
Mon 14:34 - France 24
Hantavirus: France enforces strict measures after citizen tests positive
Mon 14:39 - The Hill
Hantavirus isn't the next pandemic, health officials say. Here's why
Mon 15:02 - La Libre (BE)
“Patient zero” of the hantavirus epidemic identified: this is how he would have been infected
Mon 15:21 - France 24
Hantavirus outbreak: Should we worry about the virus spreading?
Mon 15:28 - BBC Headlines
How different countries are dealing with passengers from the ship
Mon 15:34 - DW All
Hantavirus: How is the outbreak being contained as passengers return?
Mon 15:34 - DW Top
Hantavirus: How is the outbreak being contained as passengers return?
Mon 16:07 - Washington Examiner
Two passengers from hantavirus cruise ship taken to Atlanta while others isolate in Nebraska