Suspected hantavirus outbreak kills three on MV Hondius cruise ship

Tatlong pasahero ang namatay sa hiniyanang pagkalat ng hantavirus sa cruise ship na MV Hondius sa Atlantiko. Ang barko ay nasa quarantine sa baybayin ng Cape Verde habang sinusuri ng mga awtoridad ang sitwasyon. Walang sakit ang 38 na Pilipinong miyembro ng crew, ayon sa Department of Health.

Ang Dutch cruise operator na Oceanwide Expeditions ay nag-ulat noong Mayo 4, 2026, ng 'serious medical situation' sa MV Hondius habang patungo ito mula Argentina patungong Cape Verde. May 149 katao ang sakay, kabilang ang 87 pasahero at 61 crew, ayon sa operator, habang 147 ang bilang ng WHO.

Ang unang kaso ay nagsimula noong Abril 6 nang magkasakit ng lagnat, sakit ng ulo at diarrhea ang isang Dutch lalaki, na namatay noong Abril 11 dahil sa respiratory distress. Namatay din noong Abril 27 ang kanyang asawa matapos kumpirmahin ng Netherlands na hantavirus-positive siya. Noong Abril 24, in-evacuate ang isang British pasahero patungong South Africa para sa intensive care, at kumpirmado rin hantavirus noong Mayo 2; isa pang German babae ang namatay noong Mayo 2 dahil sa suspected pneumonia. Dalawang crew members—British at Dutch—ay may acute respiratory symptoms noong Lunes.

"What’s happening right now is very real for all of us…. We’re not just headlines. We’re people with families," ani isang pasahero sa Reuters. Ang WHO ay nagsabing mababa ang panganib sa publiko at tumutulong sa investigations, contact tracing at lab tests, ayon kay Maria Van Kerkhove.

Sa Pilipinas, sinabi ni DOH Undersecretary Albert Domingo noong Mayo 5 na walang sakit ang mga Pinoy crew: "Wala po silang sakit, wala po kaming naririnig." Nagbabantay ang DOH at Bureau of Quarantine sa utos ng Pangulo. Walang recorded hantavirus case sa bansa.

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Photorealistic illustration of the MV Hondius cruise ship nearing Tenerife with emergency teams preparing evacuations amid a hantavirus outbreak.
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Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius leaves three dead amid ongoing evacuations

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A hantavirus outbreak has been confirmed on the MV Hondius cruise ship, resulting in three deaths. The vessel, which departed Ushuaia on April 1, is heading to Tenerife where passengers will begin evacuation on Monday.

The MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying 149 people including 14 Spaniards, remains anchored off Praia's coast in Cape Verde. Local authorities have denied docking due to fears of a hantavirus outbreak that has caused three deaths. Operator Oceanwide Expeditions is considering ports in Las Palmas or Tenerife as alternatives.

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Three people have died from a hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, anchored off Cape Verde. Seven infections have been confirmed among the 147 passengers and crew on board. The World Health Organization was notified on May 2 about the cluster of severe respiratory illnesses.

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