Hantavirus Watch

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• Hondius Clears Rotterdam as U.S. Quarantine Splits — June 02, 2026 02.06.2026 10min

  MV Hondius passengers are now split between home quarantine and Nebraska monitoring as the ship is cleared in Rotterdam, while Canada warns travelers about Andes-virus hantavirus risk in Chile — a shift from crisis logistics to managed surveillance. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Press Update: 1 June 2026 – Oceanwide Expeditions | Late Cruise News — Late Cruise News https://latecruisenews.com/2026/06/01/press-update-1-june-2026-oceanwide-expeditions/ 2. Some hantavirus cruise ship passengers allowed to finish quarantine at home - Healthbeat — Healthbeat https://www.healthbeat.org/2026/06/01/hantavirus-cruise-ship-home-quarantine-orders-raise-questions/ 3. Step Back: If some Hondius passengers are being allowed to finish quarantine at home, what makes that safe — how long can Andes hantavirus take to show up, and what exactly are health officials monitoring before they declare someone in the clear? 4. Canada warns of hantavirus travel risk in Chile — Brampton Guardian https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news/canadian-hantavirus-travel-advice-for-chile/article_626cb3b2-25a8-576e-9998-3aec2d971b67.html 5. Avian Flu Diary: WHO Update & Risk Assessment: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome – Argentine Republic — Avian Flu Diary https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2019/01/who-update-risk-assessment-hantavirus.html Got 60 seconds? Tell us what you think and help shape the show: https://www.lanternpodcasts.com/topfive/feedback?show=hantavirus-watch Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• MV Hondius Response Shifts to Quarantine Exits — June 01, 2026 01.06.2026 7min

  MV Hondius Andes hantavirus response is shifting from emergency tracing to managed quarantine exits: EU officials are coordinating repatriations, Europe rates public risk very low, and U.S. passengers may go home after 21 days as the cluster stands at 13 cases and three deaths. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country — World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600 2. Hantavirus outbreak 2026 - Public Health - European Commission — European Commission https://health.ec.europa.eu/health-security-and-infectious-diseases/crisis-management/hantavirus-outbreak-2026_en 3. Spanish Health Officials Confirm New Hantavirus Case Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak - The Geo Chronicle — The Geo Chronicle https://thegeochronicle.com/spanish-health-officials-confirm-new-hantavirus-case-linked-to-mv-hondius-outbreak/ 4. The US hantavirus cruise passengers may soon go home ahead of the 42-day symptom period. Here’s why | The Independent — The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/us-hantavirus-cruise-passengers-cdc-b2985981.html Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• MV Hondius Hantavirus Probe Goes Global — May 29, 2026 29.05.2026 9min

  MV Hondius hantavirus cluster is now a multi-country public-health operation, with WHO and ECDC documenting severe Andes-virus cases and AP reporting contact tracing for passengers who left the ship before quarantine tightened. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country — World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600 2. [PDF] Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship - ECDC — European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/TAB-hantavirus-06052026.pdf 3. Dozens of passengers left virus-stricken ship without contact tracing | AP News — The Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/hantavirus-cruise-ship-st-helena-9c70878b2ff59d187f1e34c12627cea7 4. How Does Andes Hantavirus Spread Between People? — American Society for Microbiology https://asm.org/articles/2026/may/how-does-andes-hantavirus-spread-between-people Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• New Spain Case Tests WHO’s ‘Stable for Now’ Hantavirus Line — May 27, 2026 27.05.2026 11min

  MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak added a new positive case among quarantined Spaniards, even as WHO says the situation is “stable for now” and expands Andes-virus lab guidance amid environmental tracing and misinformation. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus ‘stable for now,’ WHO leader says - Yahoo — Yahoo News https://nz.news.yahoo.com/hantavirus-stable-now-leader-says-154332113.html 2. New positive for Hantavirus confirmed among quarantined Spaniards - Yes Punjab News — Yes Punjab News https://yespunjab.com/new-positive-for-hantavirus-confirmed-among-quarantined-spaniards/ 3. A health operation investigates possible traces of hantavirus in Tierra del Fuego to rule out its circulation - Noticias Ambientales — Noticias Ambientales https://noticiasambientales.com/animals/a-health-operation-investigates-possible-traces-of-hantavirus-in-tierra-del-fuego-to-rule-out-its-circulation/ 4. Diagnostic Testing for Andes Virus Infections — WHO https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2026/05/27/default-calendar/diagnostic-testing-for-andes-virus-infections 5. Posts tout unproven treatment for hantavirus, Ebola — Yahoo Health https://health.yahoo.com/conditions/infectious/coronavirus/articles/posts-tout-unproven-treatment-hantavirus-072424919.html Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Hantavirus Case Tests Global Quarantine Machinery — May 25, 2026 25.05.2026 12min

  MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak added a Netherlands crew case, bringing suspected and confirmed infections to 12 with three deaths, while WHO tracks 600-plus contacts and U.S. quarantine orders face new legal scrutiny. In this episode: Top stories: 1. WHO says new hantavirus case among Hondius ship's crew — AFP https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-hantavirus-case-hondius-ship-crew.html 2. Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak — World Health Organization https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/photo-stories/item/public-health-in-action--from-detection-to-response---how-international-health-regulations-(2005)-guided-response-to-hantavirus-outbreak 3. Inside an African lab that helped crack the hantavirus outbreak - Yahoo News UK — Reuters https://uk.news.yahoo.com/inside-african-lab-helped-crack-070527230.html 4. Step Back: When officials say a new Hondius crew case is part of this outbreak, how do they actually tell whether it came from person-to-person spread on the ship versus a separate rodent exposure at a port? What kinds of lab or contact-tracing evidence would make the risk level go up or down? 5. CDC’s hantavirus cruise ship quarantine orders could face legal challenges, expert says - Healthbeat — Healthbeat https://www.healthbeat.org/2026/05/22/cdc-hantavirus-quarantine-order-could-face-legal-challenge-expert-says/ Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• WHO’s Hondius Test as Dutch Quarantine Case Emerges — May 23, 2026 23.05.2026 11min

  MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak response is now a WHO case study in cross-border coordination under the IHR, while the Netherlands confirms another Andes-virus infection in quarantine and labs revisit protocols for a strain that can spread person to person. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Public health in action: from detection to response – how International Health Regulations (2005) guided response to hantavirus outbreak — World Health Organization https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/photo-stories/item/public-health-in-action--from-detection-to-response---how-international-health-regulations-(2005)-guided-response-to-hantavirus-outbreak 2. Dutch national in quarantine infected with Andes virus, RIVM confirms | The Star — The Star https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/05/23/dutch-national-in-quarantine-infected-with-andes-virus-rivm-confirms 3. Hantavirus isn’t very contagious, but it can spread from human to human - France 24 — France 24 https://www.france24.com/en/health/20260522-hantavirus-not-very-contagious-spread-human 4. Andes Virus Shifts Hantavirus Conversation for US Labs | Clinical Lab Products — Clinical Lab Products https://clpmag.com/diagnostic-technologies/molecular-diagnostics/andes-virus-person-person-transmission-clinical-lab-response/ 5. Step Back: When an outbreak starts on a cruise ship and passengers scatter across borders, who’s actually in charge — the ship’s flag state, the port countries, the passengers’ home countries, or the WHO? And under the International Health Regulations, what can WHO require versus merely coordinate? — IE Insights Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Hantavirus Enters Its Critical Monitoring Window — May 22, 2026 22.05.2026 12min

  MV Hondius hantavirus passengers are entering the highest-risk symptom window as countries split on monitoring, with U.S. travelers held in Nebraska through May 31 and Andes-virus evidence from Argentina underscoring why fast isolation and contact tracing matter. In this episode: Top stories: 1. A critical window to stop hantavirus is opening. Not all countries are managing exposed travelers the same way - CNN — CNN https://stiridelahunedoara.ro/categorie/sanatate/a-critical-window-to-stop-hantavirus-is-opening-not-all-countries-are-managing-exposed-travelers-the-same-way-cnn 2. Cruise ship plays a crucial role in the hantavirus outbreak - Clinical Trials Arena — Clinical Trials Arena https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/analyst-comment/cruise-ship-crucial-role-hantavirus-outbreak/ 3. How quarantine for hantavirus passengers works — AllToc https://alltoc.com/health/how-quarantine-for-hantavirus-passengers-works 4. “Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina | New England Journal of Medicine — New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040 5. How Does Andes Hantavirus Spread Between People? | Mirage News — Mirage News https://www.miragenews.com/how-does-andes-hantavirus-spread-between-people-1678543/ Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Hantavirus Probe Moves From Quarantine to Evidence — May 21, 2026 21.05.2026 10min

  MV Hondius hantavirus cluster now has NEJM clinical reporting, WHO confirmation of six Andes-virus cases and three deaths, and tighter U.S. quarantine orders as Argentina searches Ushuaia for a possible rodent source. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Andes Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship, 2026 | New England Journal of Medicine — New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2606496 2. WHO Confirms Six Cases of Hantavirus Linked to Cruise Ship Outbreak — The Municheye https://themunicheye.com/who-confirms-six-hantavirus-cases-cruise-ship-33587 3. American passenger on hantavirus-hit cruise feels ‘blindsided’ and ‘misled’ by new quarantine orders | CNN — CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/19/health/hantavirus-us-quarantine-orders 4. “Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina | New England Journal of Medicine — New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040 5. Argentines hunting for source of hantavirus outbreak trap rats in southernmost city — MedicalXpress https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-argentines-source-hantavirus-outbreak-rats.html Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Response Splinters as UK Adds Experimental Antiviral — May 20, 2026 20.05.2026 8min

  MV Hondius hantavirus response is shifting from tracing to treatment stockpiles, with Britain receiving experimental favipiravir from Japan while countries apply different quarantine rules. Officials still frame wider public risk as low, but contact interviews may change restrictions. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus: Britain secures experimental Japanese drug to strengthen response — The Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/hantavirus-britain-secures-experimental-japanese-drug-to-strengthen-response/articleshow/131191634.cms 2. Step Back: If all these passengers and crew were tied to the same Hondius voyage, why are different countries using different rules — quarantine in some places, symptom monitoring in others — and what evidence would push health officials from one approach to the other? 3. Argentina Ushuaia Struggles with Hantavirus Threat as Tourism and Antarctic Cruises Face Rising Global Concerns — Travel And Tour World https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/l56xzst4lyhi/ 4. Hantavirus: What you need to know - Virginia Department of Health — Virginia Department of Health https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/norfolk/2026/05/19/hantavirus-what-you-need-to-know/ Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• CDC Keeps Andes Risk Low as States Track Hondius Contacts — May 19, 2026 19.05.2026 9min

  CDC and state health officials are keeping the public-risk message low while monitoring exposed Hondius passengers across the U.S. The focus is still early symptom recognition, 42-day follow-up, and rapid care if illness appears. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Travelers' Health - CDC — CDC https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel 2. Hantavirus - Virginia Department of Health — Virginia Department of Health https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/hantavirus/ 3. CDC Shares Update on Hantavirus Outbreak in the U.S. After Latest ... — People https://www.aol.com/articles/cdc-shares-hantavirus-outbreak-u-163223000.html 4. Step Back: If someone exposed on the Hondius does get sick, what happens medically — are there proven treatments for Andes hantavirus, or is this mostly about early recognition and ICU support while experimental drugs are still a backup plan? Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• CDC Calms Pandemic Fears as Hondius Case Lands in Canada — May 18, 2026 18.05.2026 9min

  CDC says the Andes-virus risk to Americans and travelers remains extremely low, even as Canada confirms a Hondius-linked case and the ship nears Rotterdam with remaining crew headed for screening and quarantine. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Frequently Asked Questions — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/faq/index.html 2. Media update on Andes hantavirus situation - Canada.ca — Public Health Agency of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2026/05/media-update-on-andes-hantavirus-situation1.html 3. Hantavirus-hit cruise ship nears end of voyage, to dock in Rotterdam — RFI https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260518-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-nears-end-of-voyage-to-dock-in-rotterdam 4. Argentina's icy outpost at the end of the world fears the hantavirus will chill tourism — AP News https://uat.apnews.com/article/argentina-tourism-hantavirus-cruise-ship-ushuaia-7e16664e2d031797ed2c043c34956353 5. Hantavirus has no cure. Here’s where researchers are at with treatments and vaccines — CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hantavirus-treatment-cure-vaccine-9.7201524?cmp=rss Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• WHO Cuts Hondius Count as Contacts Fan Out Worldwide — May 16, 2026 16.05.2026 11min

  WHO has revised the Hondius outbreak to 10 reported Andes-virus cases, with eight confirmed, three deaths, and more passengers now under monitoring across borders. The risk remains officially low, but the long incubation window keeps contact tracing and repeat testing front and center. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus outbreak reduced to 10 cases as ship passengers return to home countries — CIDRAP https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/hantavirus-outbreak-reduced-10-cases-ship-passengers-return-home-countries 2. Hantavirus latest updates: No known cases in U.S.; WHO says global risk remains low — Associated Press https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/live/hantavirus-latest-updates-no-known-cases-in-us-who-says-global-risk-remains-low-195033165.html 3. Kiwi onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests negative, isolating in Taiwan | RNZ News — RNZ News https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/595382/kiwi-onboard-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-tests-negative-isolating-in-taiwan 4. Step Back: What is Andes-strain hantavirus, and why does its rare person-to-person spread make a cruise-ship cluster different from the hantavirus cases people may have heard about from rodents? — Science News 5. Hantavirus has no cure. Here’s where researchers are at with treatments and vaccines — CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hantavirus-treatment-cure-vaccine-9.7201524?cmp=rss Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• WHO Confirms Andes Strain as EU Opens Hondius Crisis Channel — May 15, 2026 15.05.2026 8min

  WHO’s latest Hondius picture is sharper: eight lab-confirmed Andes virus infections, three deaths, and a risk profile still concentrated among passengers and crew. Europe is widening coordination while investigators test — and challenge — theories about where the outbreak began. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus outbreak: Deadly Andes strain detected in cruise ship cases; eight cases confirmed — The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hantavirus-outbreak-deadly-andes-strain-detected-in-cruise-ship-cases-eight-cases-confirmed/articleshow/131080331.cms 2. EU Activates Crisis Information-Sharing Mechanism Over Hantavirus Outbreak — EUToday https://eutoday.net/eu-information-sharing-mechanism-over-hantavirus/ 3. Did a bird-watching visit to this Argentine landfull spark the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak? Experts raise doubts — Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/doubts-grow-over-theory-that-bird-watchers-trip-to-argentine-landfill-sparked-hantavirus-outbreak/ 4. Step Back: Most hantavirus stories we hear about involve rodents, so what’s different about the Andes strain that makes person-to-person spread a real concern — and how should that shape the way we understand the MV Hondius contact tracing? Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• CDC Says Public Risk Is Low as Hondius Isolation Widens — May 14, 2026 14.05.2026 8min

  The Hondius response is moving from case-count shock to contact-tracing discipline: CDC says public risk is low while monitoring U.S. passengers, and the UK is relocating asymptomatic contacts so they can isolate near specialist care. In this episode: Top stories: 1. CDC: Risk to general public from hantavirus is low | CIDRAP — CIDRAP https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/cdc-risk-general-public-hantavirus-low 2. Hantavirus: Ten Britons from remote islands to come to UK to isolate | The Independent — The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hantavirus-outbreak-symptoms-cruise-ship-b2975535.html 3. Step Back: Hantavirus is usually described as something people catch from rodents, so why are public-health agencies tracing cruise passengers and asking some contacts to isolate—and what do we know about how Andes virus can spread between people? 4. Argentinian tourism hotspot denies causing hantavirus outbreak — BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Count Rises as Andes Contact Tracing Widens — May 13, 2026 13.05.2026 5min

  Investigators are treating the Hondius cluster less like a panic story than a long-incubation contact-tracing problem: 11 cases, three deaths, no cases beyond passengers so far, and the Andes strain’s rare person-to-person spread keeping exposed contacts under watch. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Hantavirus outbreak grows to 11 cases, 9 confirmed — CIDRAP https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/hantavirus-outbreak-grows-11-cases-9-confirmed 2. Step Back: What makes the Andes strain different from the hantaviruses people may have heard about in the U.S.—especially its rare person-to-person spread—and what does that actually mean for passengers, crew, and contacts being traced after the MV Hondius cluster? Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Outbreak Turns From Panic to Source Hunt — May 12, 2026 12.05.2026 9min

  Coverage is shifting from whether the Hondius cluster could become another Covid to what investigators can prove: the public risk is still described as low, while origin theories around Ushuaia and Andes-virus transmission face closer scrutiny. In this episode: Top stories: 1. What exactly is the hantavirus outbreak and how worried should we be? | RNZ News — RNZ News https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/594826/what-exactly-is-the-hantavirus-outbreak-and-how-worried-should-we-be 2. Argentinian tourism hotspot denies causing hantavirus outbreak - BBC News — BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o 3. What is hantavirus? Symptoms you need to know after deadly cruise ship outbreak | The Independent — The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/hantavirus-symptoms-cruise-ship-outbreak-uk-b2974059.html 4. Hantavirus: How it differs from COVID — Deutsche Welle https://www.dw.com/en/hantavirus-how-it-differs-from-covid/a-77122374 5. Hantavirus Outbreak Renews Painful Memories For Patagonian Village — NDTV https://www.ndtv.com/health/hantavirus-outbreak-renews-painful-memories-for-patagonian-village-11477370 Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Outbreak Moves Stateside as CDC Activates Response — May 11, 2026 11.05.2026 9min

  The Hondius investigation has moved into a U.S. response phase, with 17 Americans being airlifted home, two in biocontainment, and CDC running a Level 3 activation while Argentina’s broader hantavirus surge keeps the outbreak’s source questions alive. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Per HHS's Twitter on 17 American citizens being repatriated to the US: "One passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus." — r/medicine (46 pts, 10 comments) https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/1t9to1m/per_hhss_twitter_on_17_american_citizens_being/ 2. CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for hantavirus outbreak: Here's what that means — CBS Atlanta https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/cdc-activates-level-3-emergency-response-hantavirus-outbreak-mv-hondius/ 3. Why Andes Virus Is the Only Hantavirus With Person-to-Person Spread — HantaCount https://hantacount.com/en/learn/why-andv-unique 4. Hantavirus cases nearly doubled in Argentina in the past year. Experts say climate change is to blame | News | wsiltv.com — WSIL-TV https://www.wsiltv.com/news/hantavirus-cases-nearly-doubled-in-argentina-in-the-past-year-experts-say-climate-change-is/article_5e1146b1-872b-5e54-8859-190c80dfdea0.html Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Hondius Hantavirus Probe Widens as Tracing Gaps Emerge — May 08, 2026 08.05.2026 9min

  The Hondius outbreak is now a seven-symptom, three-death Andes-virus investigation, with agencies chasing missed passenger tracing and possible contacts across continents. Argentina’s rising hantavirus burden and prior Andes outbreaks are sharpening the source and transmission questions. In this episode: Top stories: 1. Andes Hantavirus outbreak in cruise ship, May 2026 — European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectious-disease-topics/hantavirus-infection/surveillance-and-updates/andes-hantavirus-outbreak 2. Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality - Las Vegas Sun News — Las Vegas Sun https://lasvegassun.com/news/2026/may/07/dozens-of-passengers-left-hantavirus-stricken-crui/ 3. Hantavirus on the rise in Argentina, where stricken cruise ship began journey — Associated Press https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/07/hantavirus-on-the-rise-in-argentina-where-stricken-cruise-ship-began-journey/ 4. How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks — CBS42 https://www.cbs42.com/news/how-a-deadly-hantavirus-outbreak-unfolded-on-a-cruise-ship-for-weeks/ 5. Andes hantavirus: Deadly 2018 outbreak shows it is not only transmitted through close contact | Health | EL PAÍS English — El País https://english.elpais.com/health/2026-05-07/andes-hantavirus-deadly-2018-outbreak-shows-it-is-not-only-transmitted-through-close-contact.html Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com
• Andes Hantavirus Cluster Triggers Global Cruise Contact Tracing — May 07, 2026 07.05.2026 8min

  The MV Hondius outbreak is now an Andes-strain hantavirus cluster, with three deaths, evacuations, and contacts spread across multiple countries. Public-health agencies are racing to trace exposures while the ship heads toward Europe. In this episode: Top stories: 1. [PDF] Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship - ECDC — European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/TAB-hantavirus-06052026.pdf 2. WHO confirms Andes strain of hantavirus in cruise ship passengers, with 3 transferred from ship for treatment | CBC News — CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hondius-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-9.7189281 3. Contract tracing underway for dozens who got off cruise ship amid hantavirus outbreak — CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-9.7190707 4. Hantavirus-hit cruise ship on way to Spain as rare Andes strain confirmed - ABC News — ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/rare-andes-strain-confirmed-in-cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak/106650328 5. What doctors know about how the Andes hantavirus spreads | CNN — CNN https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/health/andes-strain-hantavirus-explained Follow and rate Hantavirus Watch on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Feedback? Email hantavirus-watch@lanternpodcasts.com