WHO says seven cases of hantavirus confirmed from cruise ship
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A member of the World Health Organization stands near a civil guard tent installed at the port of Granadilla de Abona, where the cruise ship MV Hondius is expected to dock after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 9, 2026. REU
By Jennifer Rigby
LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Seven cases of the Andes hantavirus have now been confirmed among people who were passengers on board the cruise ship, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
The agency updated its overall tally of reported cases to nine on Monday, a WHO spokesperson said by email, after France reported that a French passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius had tested positive for the virus.
A further two of the nine cases are suspected to be hantavirus, including the person who is believed to have been the first one infected in the outbreak. He died before he could be tested. In total, three people have died in the outbreak, the WHO said.
(Reporting by Jennifer Rigby; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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