Hantavirus News & Outbreak Reports

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands and Oceanwide Expeditions reported that the MV Hondius was moored at an enclosed part of the port in Rotterdam.…

The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed a case (Gh_ID20) of Andes hantavirus in British Columbia, Canada through laboratory testing conducted on May 16. The case was a passenger on the MV…

The British Columbia Provincial Health Officer reported that one of the four high risk individuals (Gh_ID20) who was self-isolating on Vancouver Island and being monitored has tested presumptive…

During a WHO media briefing on hantavirus, officials revised case numbers from 11 to 10 total cases after a US individual (Gh_ID16), who had an inconclusive test, was later confirmed to be negative.…

CDC reported that they recommend only those that have symptoms get tested. They stated that several state laboratories and Quest Diagnostics can test for hantavirus, specifically the Andes virus, and…

Two passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship were discharged Friday from Emory University hospital’s Serious Communicable Diseases Unit, where they had been evaluated and monitored since Monday…

The Australian Centre for Disease Control reported that MV Hondius passengers (four Australian citizens, one permanent Australian resident, and one New Zealand citizen) today landed at RAAF Base…

Gh_ID16, a US passenger who previously tested "mildly" or "faintly" positive, now tests negative for hantavirus and was moved from the biocontainment unit in Nebraska to the quarantine unit with the…

U.S. health officials said 41 people, including the 18 quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta, are being monitored for possible infection. CDC reported that they are tracking three exposure groups:…

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer said an additional 26 people are considered low-risk contacts after flying on a plane with a confirmed hantavirus case and will be monitored throughout the…

WHO reports, as of May 13, a total of 11 cases, including three deaths (CFR 27%). Eight cases were laboratory-confirmed for Andes virus (ANDV) infection, two are probable, and one case remains…

#: Title # Dear people of Tenerife, Greetings from Geneva. It is Tedros again. Our work in Tenerife is done. And it was done with grace. Last Monday, I stood at the port of Granadilla de Abona and…

One of the fourteen Spanish citizens, Case 10 (Gh_ID18), who disembarked on Sunday, tested positive on a second PCR test and is isolated at the Gómez Ulla Hospital, Madrid, Spain. They are currently…

Argentina's Ministry of Health reports the sequence of the cruise virus is closely related to strains detected in 2018 in Neuquen (Argentina). Investigations are ongoing to confirm the origin of the…

The Radboud University Medical Center released a statement that twelve employees at a Dutch hospital where a passenger from the MV Hondius is being treated have to quarantine for six weeks after…

Two Americans (a couple) were later flown to Atlanta and are in isolation at Emory University. The biocontainment unit in Nebraska does not have capacity for all 18 passengers so two people were…

South African health authorities said on Monday that the condition of a British man [Case 3 (Gh_ID3)] admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg and being treated for hantavirus was gradually improving.…

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirms four Californians are being monitored for ANDV exposure related to the cruise ship. Three of the individuals were aboard the cruise ship and the…

Ship arrives in Granadilla port, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) carrying 150 individuals, including 86 passengers, 60 crew members and 4 health professionals from WHO, ECDC and the Netherlands.…

Fourteen passengers were evacuated from Tenerife to Madrid, Spain, and placed in quarantine at the Gómez Ulla Hospital. The fourteen passengers reportedly reside in Madrid, Castilla y Leon, Galicia,…

Five passengers were evacuated from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) to France. Case 9 (Gh_ID15), a 73-year-old French woman reported to be asymptomatic at the time of disembarkation from the vessel…

Eighteen passengers - all of the Americans and one British national who resides in the US - were evacuated from the cruise ship and will be flown to the US. The group will be transported to the…

Repatriation of other passengers occurred to Canada (4), Ireland (2), United Kingom (22), Netherlands (26), and Turkey (3). Of the passengers headed to the Netherlands, 6 are from Australia and New…

The first Netherlands flight carrying 26 people, including 8 Dutch citizens, from the ship arrives. Upon arrival all persons were medically screened. Samples were taken for laboratory testing and all…

Public Health Agency of Canada reported that four Canadian passengers on the MV Hondius returned to British Columbia on May 10. None of the individuals were symptomatic. One person is reportedly…

Communicable Disease Agency of Singapore reports that both suspected cases, Gh_ID10 and Gh_ID11, were negative for hantavirus. The agency conducted testing on multiple samples collected from the…

#: Title # To the people of Tenerife, My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for global public health. It is…

Three suspected cases, including two crew members (one British and one Dutch), thought to be infected with hantavirus were taken off the ship in Cape Verde, allowing the ship to sail on to Spain. Two…

#: Title # Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, briefed media today on a cluster of hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship, the MV Hondius. Eight cases have been reported so far,…

Sequencing of the L segment from Case 2 (Gh_ID2) and Case 3 (Gh_ID3) at the NICD confirmed the presence of Andes virus (ANDV)

Gh_ID19 arrived in Rome, Italy on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Thirty-two passengers disembarked the ship in Saint Helena, including the following known nationalities: United Kingdom (7), United States (6), Netherlands (3), Canada (2), Switzerland (2), Turkey…

Case 8 (Gh_ID12), a 65-year old British male, disembarked the ship in Tristan da Cunha where he is a local resident.

The MV Hondius, a Dutch vessel, departed from Ushuaia, Argentina and followed an itinerary across the South Atlantic, with multiple stops in remote and ecologically diverse regions, including South…

Case 3 (Gh_ID3) arrived in Argentina and participated in remote birdwatching activities before boarding the MV Hondius vessel on April 1.

A historical report from the PAHO identified an increase in hantavirus cases in endemic countries of the Americas during 2025. Argentina continues to report the highest number of cases in the region.…

Case 1 (Gh_ID1), is a 70 year old Dutch male (index case). Case 2 (Gh_ID2), is a 69 year old Dutch female and a close contact (wife) of Case 1. They arrived in Argentina and began roadtrip travels by…

The MV Hondius vessel, from Montevideo (Uruguay), entered the port of Ushuaia (Argentina). It reportedly made different domestic trips between Ushuaia, the Antarctic sector, and islands in the South…