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Financial Times • May 6, 2026 16:24

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

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

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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

Why rat virus patients could become super-spreaders

Tue 21:54 - France 24

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'

Tue 22:11 - NYT Europe

Hantavirus Outbreaks Are Rare, but They Aren’t Going Away and There’s No Cure

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 10:14 - 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

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16:52

Hantavirus, the Ministry of Health alerts border offices

'Nessun italiano sulla nave, stretto monitoraggio con autorità internazionali'

Al Jazeera English

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03:19

Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands

Three people have died since the outbreak in April, while two crew members on board the ship require urgent care.

DW All

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10:11

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 …

DW Top

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10:11

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 …

Euronews

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08:42

'We don't know what we're dealing with': Canary Islands reject hantavirus cruise ship

The Canary Islands reject the Spanish government's decision to transfer a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak to their territory, as health authorities coordinate a medical evacuation from Cabo Verde. …

Fox News

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13:42

Doctor warns 'terrifying' cruise virus can be mistaken for flu before turning deadly

Doctor sounds alarm over deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship, saying flu-like symptoms and a 38% mortality rate make it highly dangerous.

12:05

Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak

A Swiss man who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for the Andes hantavirus strain and been isolated, officials confirmed.

00:12

Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off West Africa has killed three people, with the WHO coordinating emergency medical evacuations.

France 24

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15:22

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 …

11:46

Hantavirus: Latest updates on the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius

A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned for days off the coast of Cape Verde with close to 150 people on board was due to …

10:14

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain to dock in Canary Islands

A luxury cruise ship that has been hit by an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus was preparing to travel from Cape Verde towards Europe on Wednesday after the Spanish government …

10:04

Live: Hantavirus-infected patient hospitalised in Zurich as three more 'evacuated' from cruise ship

A former passenger on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has been hospitalised in Zurich and has tested positive for the virus, the Swiss health ministry said …

09:40

Evacuation of three people from hantavirus-hit cruise ship 'ongoing': WHO

South African health authorities said Wednesday they have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which may be passed from person to person, in two passengers who were on the cruise …

21:54

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'

Two critically ill crew from the MV Hondius will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands after a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three. The quarantined vessel, anchored …

09:07

Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship

Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with symptoms of the deadly hantavirus after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off Cape Verde, which has …

NYT Europe

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22:11

Hantavirus Outbreaks Are Rare, but They Aren’t Going Away and There’s No Cure

Since the family of rodent-borne infections were identified in the 1950s, they have turned up all over the world.

Süddeutsche Zeitung Top

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11:45

Medicine: The most important questions and answers about the hantavirus

Auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff ist es zu Infektionen gekommen, drei Menschen sind gestorben. Was ist über den Erreger bekannt, wie steckt man sich an – und welche Möglichkeiten gibt es, sich …

The Telegraph

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19:54

Why rat virus patients could become super-spreaders

Human-to-human spread is possible with the Andes strain of hantavirus which has caused the cruise ship outbreak

UN News All

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12:00

Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease

It’s been confirmed that another passenger from the cruise liner linked to the outbreak of hantavirus has contracted the disease, which has claimed the lives of three people on board …