{"date":"2026-05-12","lastUpdated":"2026-05-12T20:00:00Z","summary":{"totalCases":16,"deaths":3,"countries":14,"contactsTraced":156,"critical":1,"cfr":19},"previousSummary":{"totalCases":14,"deaths":3,"countries":14,"contactsTraced":156,"critical":1},"previousReportAt":"2026-05-11T20:00:00Z","whoOfficial":{"totalCases":11,"labConfirmed":9,"probable":2,"deaths":3,"cfr":27,"lastDon":"DON-600","lastDonDate":"2026-05-08","lastEcdcUpdate":"2026-05-12","url":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600","note":"Headline figures on this site sum national health agency reports (UKHSA, RIVM, Santé publique France, RKI, etc.) which include cases pending WHO DON sync. ECDC updated its surveillance count to 11 (9 lab-confirmed + 2 probable) on 12 May. The WHO DON-600 baseline and ECDC count are shown here for direct comparison."},"methodology":{"headline":"Sum of national health agency confirmations across affected countries.","policy":"Headline counts only change when (a) WHO publishes a new DON or (b) a national health authority publishes a new confirmation/probable case. Media speculation alone does not move the headline.","sourcesUsed":["WHO DON","UKHSA","RIVM","Santé publique France","RKI","ISCIII (Spain)","Tristan da Cunha Government","CDC"],"lockedAt":"2026-05-12"},"countries":[{"code":"NL","name":"Netherlands","cases":2,"deaths":2,"lat":52.3676,"lng":4.9041,"lastEvent":"2026-05-08","source":"WHO DON-600 / RIVM","sourceUrl":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600","note":"Index passenger (Death 1, 11 April onboard, NL national) and 3rd onboard fatality (Death 3, 2 May; female passenger, nationality attributed to NL pending official confirmation, ship is Dutch-flagged). Spouse death attributed to ZA (location of death and hospitalisation)."},{"code":"CH","name":"Switzerland","cases":1,"deaths":0,"lat":47.3769,"lng":8.5417,"lastEvent":"2026-05-07","source":"WHO DON-600 Case 7","sourceUrl":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600","note":"Passenger who disembarked at Saint Helena, symptoms after returning to Switzerland; treated in Zurich."},{"code":"AR","name":"Argentina","cases":0,"deaths":0,"lat":-34.6037,"lng":-58.3816,"lastEvent":"2026-05-06","source":"Argentina Health Ministry","note":"Suspected pre-cruise exposure source for the index case (4-month road trip Nov 2025-Apr 2026 across Chile/Uruguay/Argentina). No domestic cases; investigation ongoing."},{"code":"DE","name":"Germany","cases":1,"deaths":0,"lat":52.52,"lng":13.405,"lastEvent":"2026-05-06","source":"RKI","note":"One Hondius passenger evacuated to Germany under medical observation; classified as probable pending PCR."},{"code":"GB","name":"United Kingdom","cases":3,"deaths":0,"lat":51.5074,"lng":-0.1278,"lastEvent":"2026-05-11","source":"UKHSA","sourceUrl":"https://uk.news.yahoo.com/third-british-national-diagnosed-suspected-064913615.html","note":"Three Hondius passengers confirmed PCR-positive by UK Health Security Agency; all under hospital monitoring. Third case announced 11 May after repatriation flight from Tenerife."},{"code":"TR","name":"Türkiye","cases":1,"deaths":0,"lat":41.0082,"lng":28.9784,"lastEvent":"2026-05-07","source":"Türkiye Sağlık Bakanlığı","note":"Birdwatcher on Hondius repatriated to İstanbul; currently asymptomatic, classified as suspected pending 42-day monitoring."},{"code":"CV","name":"Cape Verde","cases":1,"deaths":0,"lat":14.9177,"lng":-23.5092,"lastEvent":"2026-05-04","source":"Cape Verde Ministry of Health","note":"Crew member symptomatic at port of Praia; classified as suspected, repatriated for further testing."},{"code":"ES","name":"Spain","cases":2,"deaths":0,"lat":38.3452,"lng":-0.4815,"lastEvent":"2026-05-12","source":"ISCIII / ABC News","sourceUrl":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","note":"Case 1 (8 May): South African woman in Alicante PCR-positive after exposure to a deceased Dutch passenger; self-isolating with mild symptoms. Case 2 (12 May): Spanish male passenger in isolation at a Madrid hospital, asymptomatic; PCR-positive on arrival screening — confirmed 12 May."},{"code":"US","name":"United States","cases":1,"deaths":0,"lat":38.9072,"lng":-77.0369,"lastEvent":"2026-05-11","source":"HHS / ABC News","sourceUrl":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","note":"One of 18 repatriated American passengers confirmed PCR-positive for Andes hantavirus (asymptomatic at testing); transported in a biocontainment unit to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at UNMC. As of 12 May: 16 Americans at Nebraska facility (1 in biocontainment/confirmed, 15 under 42-day monitoring); 2 at Emory University Hospital Atlanta ASPR RESPTC (1 symptomatic, PCR pending; 1 monitoring). Contacts monitored across 7 states (AZ, GA, TX, VA, CA, NJ)."},{"code":"ZA","name":"South Africa","cases":1,"deaths":1,"lat":-26.2041,"lng":28.0473,"lastEvent":"2026-05-08","source":"NICD South Africa / WHO DON-600","sourceUrl":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600","note":"Death 2: Dutch national hospitalised at a Johannesburg hospital, died 26 April. Counted under ZA (location of death and hospitalisation). One further exposed contact identified locally, currently asymptomatic."},{"code":"SH","name":"Saint Helena / Tristan da Cunha","cases":1,"deaths":0,"lat":-15.9387,"lng":-5.718,"lastEvent":"2026-05-11","source":"WHO DON-600 update + Tristan da Cunha Government","sourceUrl":"https://www.tristandc.com/news-2026-05-09-airdrop.php","note":"Probable case (per WHO DON-600 update): adult male resident who disembarked at Saint Helena on 14 April, symptom onset 28 April (diarrhoea, then fever 2 days later); stable in isolation. UK medical airdrop 10 May: RAF Airbus A400M Atlas parachuted 8 military medical personnel onto the golf course plus 3.3 tonnes of supplies — first ever emergency airdrop onto Tristan da Cunha. PCR results expected within 48 hours."},{"code":"FR","name":"France","cases":2,"deaths":0,"lat":48.8566,"lng":2.3522,"lastEvent":"2026-05-12","source":"Santé publique France / Euronews","sourceUrl":"https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/11/hantavirus-outbreak-latest-france-confirms-new-case-in-a-woman-evacuated-from-the-ship","note":"Case 1 (11 May): French national developed flu-like symptoms in-flight from Tenerife to Paris; PCR-confirmed at Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, condition deteriorating overnight. Case 2 (12 May): French woman evacuated from MV Hondius confirmed PCR-positive — the second of 5 repatriated French nationals to test positive. Other 3 remain asymptomatic under 45-day home quarantine. 8 close contacts under tracing from April 25 St. Helena-Johannesburg flight."},{"code":"CA","name":"Canada","cases":0,"deaths":0,"lat":49.2827,"lng":-123.1207,"lastEvent":"2026-05-11","source":"Government of Canada / CBC","sourceUrl":"https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/05/interdepartmental-media-update--hantavirus---may-10-2026.html","note":"Four Canadian nationals from MV Hondius disembarked in Tenerife and landed in British Columbia on 11 May; all under mandatory 42-day home quarantine. Canada's Chief Public Health Officer stated transmission within Canada is not expected and risk is very low. A total of 10 Canadians are connected to the outbreak; the remaining 6 are contacts under monitoring. No confirmed cases."},{"code":"SG","name":"Singapore","cases":0,"deaths":0,"lat":1.3521,"lng":103.8198,"lastEvent":"2026-05-09","source":"Singapore MOH","note":"Two residents (aged 67 and 65) who disembarked early and were on the April 25 Johannesburg flight isolated in a government facility; both PCR-negative so far. No domestic cases."}],"timeline":[{"date":"2026-04-01","event":"MV Hondius departs Argentina with 240+ passengers.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-04-24","event":"Several dozen passengers disembark at Saint Helena; later identified for contact tracing.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-04-28","event":"First passengers report flu-like symptoms.","severity":"warning"},{"date":"2026-04-11","event":"First passenger dies on board MV Hondius (later identified as Andes virus). Body remains on the ship until Saint Helena.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-04-24","event":"First-death body removed from MV Hondius at Saint Helena port. The deceased's wife disembarks at Saint Helena and is later hospitalised; she dies in Johannesburg on April 26 — second death.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-02","event":"A female passenger dies on board MV Hondius after developing pneumonia — third death (still being stored on the ship). PCR samples sent to Lisbon.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-04","event":"WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON-599) issued — Andes virus confirmed.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-06","event":"Argentina opens investigation into pre-cruise exposure source.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-07","event":"Switzerland confirms first European case; 40 passengers evacuated.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-08","event":"CDC announces repatriation flight; Spain confirms case in Alicante; US monitoring across 5 states.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-09","event":"MV Hondius arrives at Tenerife (Granadilla de Abona port); WHO Director-General travels to Canary Islands to coordinate disembarkation of 147 on board. France and Singapore added to contact-tracing network; 7 US states monitoring passengers.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-09","event":"WHO issues DON-600: 8 cases (6 confirmed, 2 probable), 3 deaths, CFR 38%. Ship docked at Tenerife; passenger disembarkation planned for May 10. 17 Americans to be repatriated to Offutt AFB; no mandatory quarantine.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-09","event":"Tristan da Cunha government reports suspected hantavirus case in a resident who disembarked April 24. Flight attendant who left Hondius by air tests negative for Andes virus.","severity":"warning"},{"date":"2026-05-10","event":"Passenger disembarkation begins at Tenerife under strict medical supervision. UK Health Security Agency confirms second British case.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-10","event":"Spanish health authorities confirm disembarkation order: Spanish nationals first, flown to Madrid Gomez-Ulla military hospital for quarantine; followed by Netherlands, Canada, Türkiye, France, United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. Spain's health minister states remaining passengers are asymptomatic.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-10","event":"WHO confirms 46 passengers disembarked at Tenerife in the first wave; first Spanish charter (14 passengers) reached Madrid. France evacuates 5 nationals to Paris under 72-hour hospital observation + 45-day home quarantine protocol. UK military paratroopers airdrop medical clinicians and equipment to Tristan da Cunha. After full disembarkation MV Hondius will continue to Rotterdam for crew offload and ship-wide disinfection.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-11","event":"Tenerife disembarkation operation completes. UK Health Security Agency confirms a third British national positive for Andes virus on the repatriation flight. One French passenger develops symptoms in-flight to Paris and is isolated on arrival at Bichat. WHO updated Tristan da Cunha case timeline: probable case is an adult male resident who disembarked at Saint Helena on 14 April, symptom onset 28 April (diarrhoea, then fever); currently stable in isolation. One previously suspected case has been reclassified as non-case after PCR and serology negative.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-11","event":"WHO coordinates shipment of 2,500 Andes virus diagnostic kits from Instituto Malbrán (Argentina) to reference laboratories in Spain, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom and South Africa. Tristan da Cunha team installs Cepheid GeneXpert PCR rig at Camogli Hospital — first community screening results expected within 48 hours.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-11","event":"Updated disembarkation count: 94 of the 147 onboard passengers disembarked on the first day (10 May), representing 19 different nationalities. Beyond the 13 countries with cases, additional passenger nationalities include Australia, Belgium, Greece, Guatemala, India, Japan, Montenegro, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Ukraine — these countries are conducting precautionary contact monitoring even though no cases have been confirmed among their nationals.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-10","event":"Methodology lock-in: HantaCount headline aligned to the sum of national health agency reports (NL 2 + ZA 1 + GB 3 + CH 1 + ES 1 + DE 1 + FR 1 + TR 1 + CV 1 + SH 1 = 13 cases, 3 deaths, CFR 23%). Each country count now carries an explicit source. WHO DON-600 baseline (8 cases, 6 lab-confirmed + 2 probable, CFR 38%) shown separately for direct comparison.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-11","event":"First US case confirmed: HHS announced one of the 18 repatriated American passengers tested PCR-positive for Andes hantavirus on the trans-Atlantic flight (asymptomatic at testing). Patient transported in a biocontainment unit to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at University of Nebraska Medical Center for follow-up. A second American with mild symptoms is being routed to a separate ASPR RESPTC. HantaCount headline updates to 14 cases (13 + 1 US PCR-positive), CFR 21%.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-11","event":"Radboud UMC (Nijmegen, Netherlands): 12 hospital staff placed in 6-week preventive quarantine after protocol breaches in handling an MV Hondius patient. Blood samples were processed under standard rather than ANDV-strict protocol; urine disposal did not follow latest international guidelines. Hospital states the probability of actual infection is very small.","severity":"warning"},{"date":"2026-05-12","event":"Spain confirms second case: a Spanish male passenger in Madrid hospital tested PCR-positive on arrival screening; asymptomatic and in good health. This is distinct from the May 8 Alicante case (South African woman). Spain total: 2 cases.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-12","event":"France confirms second case: a French woman evacuated from MV Hondius tests PCR-positive — the second of 5 repatriated French nationals to test positive. France total: 2 cases. HantaCount headline updates to 16 cases, CFR 19%.","severity":"alert"},{"date":"2026-05-09","event":"CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for the MV Hondius outbreak — the agency's mid-tier activation that mobilises an Emergency Operations Center team and deploys epidemiologists and medical staff to the affected region. The CDC team is conducting per-passenger exposure risk assessments for the 18 repatriated US nationals and is coordinating with HHS on the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit transfer.","severity":"warning"},{"date":"2026-05-09","event":"WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, briefing reporters in Tenerife, said: \"This is not another COVID. The risk to the public is low.\" Tedros reiterated that human-to-human Andes virus transmission is limited to close-contact settings and that the multi-country evacuation should not change the overall WHO public-risk assessment, which remains very low.","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-12","event":"ECDC updates official count to 11 (9 lab-confirmed + 2 probable), 3 deaths. MV Hondius departs Tenerife for Rotterdam for crew offload and ship-wide hantavirus decontamination (4–6 weeks). WHO Director-General: 'There is no sign that we're seeing the start of a larger outbreak.'","severity":"info"},{"date":"2026-05-12","event":"US update: 16 Americans at Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (1 confirmed, 15 monitoring); 2 at Emory University Hospital Atlanta — 1 symptomatic with PCR result pending. Tristan da Cunha community PCR screening results from GeneXpert rig still pending.","severity":"warning"}],"news":[{"id":"who-don-599","source":"WHO","title":"Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel — Multi-country","url":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599","publishedAt":"2026-05-04T16:00:00Z","summary":"WHO reports 7 cases (2 confirmed, 5 suspected) of hantavirus on the MV Hondius, including 3 deaths. Andes virus (ANDV) confirmed by PCR."},{"id":"ecdc-2026-05-06","source":"ECDC","title":"Hantavirus on cruise ship — risk for Europe assessed as very low","url":"https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-under-investigation-risk-europe-very-low","publishedAt":"2026-05-06T09:00:00Z","summary":"ECDC assesses the risk to the general European population as very low and recommends contact tracing of disembarked passengers."},{"id":"nbc-switzerland","source":"NBC News","title":"Switzerland confirms hantavirus case from Hondius cruise","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-evacuation-new-case-andes-strain-canary-islands-rcna343816","publishedAt":"2026-05-07T07:30:00Z","summary":"Man treated in Zurich confirmed positive for Andes hantavirus; Hondius passengers being traced across 12+ countries."},{"id":"wapo-tracing","source":"Washington Post","title":"Authorities scramble to limit hantavirus outbreak, trace contacts globally","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/07/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-tracing-contacts/","publishedAt":"2026-05-07T11:00:00Z","summary":"Health authorities in 12 countries are tracing roughly 30 disembarked passengers from the MV Hondius."},{"id":"cdc-statement","source":"CDC","title":"Statement on the M/V Hondius cruise ship — repatriation flight planned","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026-hantavirus-confirmed-cruise-ship.html","publishedAt":"2026-05-08T13:00:00Z","summary":"CDC will bring American passengers back to a quarantine unit; passengers monitored across at least five US states (AZ, GA, CA among them)."},{"id":"cnn-tracking","source":"CNN","title":"From US to Singapore, countries race to track hantavirus","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/world/hantavirus-ship-tenerife-outbreak-intl","publishedAt":"2026-05-08T08:00:00Z","summary":"Spain identifies an Alicante case, Singapore quarantines two travellers (PCR-negative so far), South Africa adds an exposed contact."},{"id":"livescience-may-8","source":"Live Science","title":"Hantavirus cruise — Friday, May 8 live updates","url":"https://www.livescience.com/health/live/hantivirus-cruise-friday-may-8","publishedAt":"2026-05-08T17:00:00Z","summary":"Five confirmed and four suspected cases reported; ship still in Cabo Verde territorial waters; one body remains on board."},{"id":"cdc-update-may-9","source":"CDC","title":"CDC Provides Update on Hantavirus Outbreak Linked to M/V Hondius Cruise Ship","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026/2026-cdc-provides-update-on-hantavirus-outbreak-linked-to-m-v-hondius-cruise-ship.html","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T12:00:00Z","summary":"CDC team deployed to Canary Islands for exposure risk assessment; 17 Americans on board to be repatriated to Offutt AFB; passengers will not be quarantined but will self-monitor for 42 days."},{"id":"who-dg-tenerife","source":"WHO","title":"Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response","url":"https://www.who.int/news/item/09-05-2026-message-by-the-who-director-general-to-the-people-of-tenerife-regarding-the-hantavirus-response","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T10:00:00Z","summary":"WHO Director-General personally travels to Tenerife to oversee disembarkation of MV Hondius; reassures local population that risk to general public is low."},{"id":"ecdc-andes-surveillance","source":"ECDC","title":"Andes Hantavirus outbreak in cruise ship, May 2026","url":"https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectious-disease-topics/hantavirus-infection/surveillance-and-updates/andes-hantavirus-outbreak","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T09:00:00Z","summary":"ECDC surveillance update: 6 confirmed, 8 suspected cases; Spain coordinating response with 22 countries and WHO; 82 passengers on April 25 Saint Helena-Johannesburg flight under tracing."},{"id":"nbc-7states","source":"NBC News","title":"Hantavirus response in the U.S.: 7 states prepare to receive cruise ship passengers","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-response-us-states-cdc-cruise-ship-quarantine-rcna344303","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T14:00:00Z","summary":"Seven US states now monitoring hantavirus-exposed individuals; 2 NJ residents monitored after air-travel exposure; 17 Americans on Hondius to be repatriated. CDC: no mandatory quarantine on arrival."},{"id":"who-don-600","source":"WHO","title":"Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel — Multi-country (DON-600)","url":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600","publishedAt":"2026-05-08T16:00:00Z","summary":"WHO DON-600: 8 total cases (6 lab-confirmed Andes virus, 2 probable), 3 deaths (CFR 38%), 1 patient in ICU in Johannesburg. 4 currently hospitalised across South Africa, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland. Since DON-599, 3 suspected cases confirmed and 1 new confirmed case added. Human-to-human transmission hypothesis strengthened."},{"id":"abcnews-live-may9","source":"ABC News","title":"Hantavirus live updates: Spanish authorities preparing for the arrival of M/V Hondius","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T20:00:00Z","summary":"Ship anchored off Tenerife; passenger disembarkation to begin morning of May 10. 17 Americans on board, none tested positive. CDC: no mandatory quarantine, 42-day symptom monitoring sufficient. Spain emergency services: passengers to be processed in fully isolated area."},{"id":"tristandc-gov-may9","source":"Tristan da Cunha Government","title":"Health advisory: suspected hantavirus case in Tristan da Cunha","url":"https://www.tristandc.com/news-health-advisory-hantavirus-may2026.php","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T15:00:00Z","summary":"The Government of Tristan da Cunha confirms a suspected case of hantavirus in a resident who was among passengers disembarking at Saint Helena on April 24. The individual is being monitored; contact tracing is under way."},{"id":"nbc-may10-disembarkation","source":"NBC News","title":"Hantavirus cruise: disembarkation begins in Tenerife; UK confirms second case","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hantavirus-cruise-disembarkation-tenerife-uk-second-case-rcna344891","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T09:00:00Z","summary":"Passengers begin leaving MV Hondius at Tenerife in medically supervised batches. UK Health Security Agency confirms a second British national has tested positive for Andes hantavirus. A crew member who flew off the ship earlier tested negative."},{"id":"cnn-may10-tenerife-arrival","source":"CNN","title":"Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Tenerife, passengers expected to return home","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/europe/hantavirus-cruise-ship-tenerife-arrive-hnk-intl","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T11:30:00Z","summary":"MV Hondius anchored off Granadilla port at 5:30 a.m. local time. Passengers transferred by smaller boats and sealed-off buses to the airport for repatriation flights. Spanish nationals disembark first and are flown to Madrid's Gomez-Ulla military hospital for quarantine. Repatriation order: Spain, Netherlands, Canada, Türkiye, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States."},{"id":"abc-may10-spain-asymptomatic","source":"ABC News","title":"Spanish health minister: all remaining MV Hondius passengers asymptomatic","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T13:00:00Z","summary":"Spain's health minister Monica Garcia confirmed remaining passengers on the MV Hondius are all thought to be asymptomatic. 17 Americans on board, none tested positive. CDC stands by 42-day symptom self-monitoring protocol with no mandatory quarantine on US arrival. Passenger processing handled in fully isolated area at Tenerife airport."},{"id":"who-may10-46-disembarked","source":"WHO","title":"WHO operations lead: 46 passengers disembarked from MV Hondius in first wave; first Spanish flight reaches Madrid","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/health/live-news/hantavirus-cruise-outbreak","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T16:30:00Z","summary":"Diana Rojas Alvarez, WHO health operations lead, confirmed 46 passengers had disembarked the MV Hondius at Tenerife by mid-afternoon. The first Spanish charter — 14 passengers — has landed at Madrid Gomez-Ulla military hospital for the agreed quarantine protocol. The two-day operation continues with airport buses processing passengers through a fully isolated medical tent."},{"id":"france-may10-paris-quarantine","source":"Le Monde","title":"France airlifts 5 nationals from MV Hondius — 72-hour hospital observation + 45-day home quarantine","url":"https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2026/05/10/hantavirus-rapatriement-citoyens-francais-tenerife.html","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T17:00:00Z","summary":"Five French nationals from the MV Hondius arrived at Paris-Charles de Gaulle aboard a French Air Force A330 on May 10. Santé publique France confirmed all five will undergo 72-hour observation at Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard before transitioning to a 45-day home quarantine — France's strictest Andes-virus protocol since the 2018 ECDC framework. Contact tracing extended to 8 close contacts identified earlier."},{"id":"uk-may10-tristan-airdrop","source":"UK Health Security Agency","title":"UK military paratroopers airdrop medical team and equipment to Tristan da Cunha","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-medical-airdrop-tristan-da-cunha-hantavirus-may2026","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T15:00:00Z","summary":"The UK Ministry of Defence and UKHSA jointly deployed a four-person medical team and PCR testing equipment to Tristan da Cunha via military airdrop on May 10. The deployment supports investigation of the suspected hantavirus case in a resident who disembarked at Saint Helena on April 24. Contact tracing across both islands is expanding; PCR results expected within 48 hours."},{"id":"rotterdam-may10-final-leg","source":"Reuters","title":"MV Hondius to sail to Rotterdam for crew offload and ship-wide disinfection after full passenger disembarkation","url":"https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/mv-hondius-rotterdam-crew-disinfection-2026-05-10/","publishedAt":"2026-05-10T18:00:00Z","summary":"Once the two-day passenger disembarkation operation at Tenerife concludes, the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius will continue to Rotterdam where its crew will offload and the vessel will undergo ship-wide hantavirus decontamination. Oceanwide Expeditions, the operator, said no commercial sailings are scheduled until the Dutch maritime authority completes biosafety clearance — expected to take 4-6 weeks."},{"id":"uk-may11-third-british-case","source":"Yahoo News UK","title":"Third British national diagnosed with hantavirus linked to MV Hondius cruise","url":"https://uk.news.yahoo.com/third-british-national-diagnosed-suspected-064913615.html","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T07:00:00Z","summary":"UK Health Security Agency confirmed a third British national has tested positive for Andes hantavirus following repatriation from Tenerife on 11 May. The patient was asymptomatic at disembarkation but PCR-positive on UK arrival screening. All three British cases are now under hospital monitoring. UKHSA said the case does not change the public risk assessment for the UK general population, which remains very low."},{"id":"france-may11-flight-symptomatic","source":"Le Figaro","title":"French repatriated MV Hondius passenger develops symptoms in-flight, isolated at Bichat on landing","url":"https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/hantavirus-passager-francais-symptomes-vol-2026-05-11.php","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T06:30:00Z","summary":"One of the five French nationals repatriated from MV Hondius developed flu-like symptoms during the flight from Tenerife to Paris-Charles de Gaulle. The passenger was placed in immediate isolation on arrival at Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard for PCR testing. The other four remain asymptomatic but all five continue under France's strict 72-hour hospital observation + 45-day monitored home quarantine protocol. Santé publique France emphasised the in-flight symptom development is consistent with the known incubation window."},{"id":"who-may11-don-update","source":"WHO","title":"WHO updates Tristan da Cunha case timeline; one previously suspected case reclassified as non-case","url":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600-update","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T05:00:00Z","summary":"WHO published an update to DON-600 with a refined Tristan da Cunha probable case description: adult male resident who disembarked at Saint Helena on 14 April (revised from 24 April), with symptom onset 28 April starting with diarrhoea and progressing to fever within 48 hours. Patient currently stable in isolation. Separately, one previously suspected case has been reclassified as non-case after PCR and serology returned negative. The reclassification does not change the WHO public-risk assessment, which remains very low."},{"id":"cnn-may11-disembarkation-complete","source":"CNN","title":"MV Hondius disembarkation completes; 147 passengers safely repatriated across 8 countries","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/europe/hantavirus-cruise-ship-disembarkation-complete-hnk-intl","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T07:30:00Z","summary":"The two-day passenger disembarkation operation at Tenerife's Granadilla port closed on the evening of 11 May with all 147 remaining passengers safely transferred to repatriation flights. Spain, France, Netherlands, Canada, Türkiye, United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States have all received their nationals. The MV Hondius itself is preparing to depart Tenerife for Rotterdam where the 80+ crew will offload under quarantine and the vessel will undergo a 4-6 week hantavirus decontamination cycle. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, who travelled to Tenerife to oversee the operation, called it 'a textbook example of multi-country public-health coordination.'"},{"id":"who-may11-diagnostic-kit-shipment","source":"WHO","title":"WHO ships 2,500 Andes virus diagnostic kits from Argentina to five Hondius-receiving countries","url":"https://www.who.int/news/item/11-05-2026-who-coordinates-andes-virus-diagnostic-kit-shipment","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T13:00:00Z","summary":"WHO has coordinated the shipment of 2,500 Andes virus diagnostic kits from Instituto Malbrán (Argentina) to reference laboratories in five MV Hondius-receiving countries: Spain, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom and South Africa. Argentina has the largest stockpile of validated ANDV-specific PCR assays globally. The shipment strengthens national testing capacity for the next 6 weeks of contact monitoring and any future Andes virus signals beyond the Hondius cluster."},{"id":"tristan-may11-airdrop-details","source":"Tristan da Cunha Government","title":"First-ever emergency airdrop onto Tristan da Cunha: RAF A400M Atlas, 8 medical personnel, 3.3 tonnes","url":"https://www.tristandc.com/news-2026-05-09-airdrop.php","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T11:00:00Z","summary":"The Tristan da Cunha Hospital published full operational details of the 10 May UK medical airdrop. An RAF Airbus A400M Atlas parachuted eight military medical personnel onto Edinburgh of the Seven Seas' golf course, followed by 3.3 tonnes of medical supplies in three batches. Mission is the first emergency airdrop onto Tristan da Cunha in the territory's history. The team has set up a Cepheid GeneXpert Andes virus PCR rig at the Camogli Hospital; first community-screening results expected within 48 hours. The probable index case remains stable in isolation."},{"id":"cdc-level3-may9","source":"ABC News / CDC","title":"CDC activates Level 3 emergency response for MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T17:00:00Z","summary":"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated a Level 3 emergency response for the MV Hondius outbreak — the agency's mid-tier activation level, which mobilises an Emergency Operations Center team and deploys field epidemiologists and medical staff. CDC personnel are conducting per-passenger exposure risk assessments for the 18 repatriated US nationals and coordinating with HHS on the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit transfer for the PCR-positive American passenger. Level 3 is below Level 2 (used for COVID-19, 2009 H1N1) and Level 1 (the highest, reserved for catastrophic public-health events)."},{"id":"tedros-may9-not-another-covid","source":"WHO","title":"Tedros in Tenerife: \"This is not another COVID. The risk to the public is low.\"","url":"https://www.who.int/news/item/09-05-2026-message-by-the-who-director-general-to-the-people-of-tenerife-regarding-the-hantavirus-response","publishedAt":"2026-05-09T11:30:00Z","summary":"Briefing reporters in Tenerife the day before passenger disembarkation began, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus directly addressed pandemic-fear comparisons: \"This is not another COVID. The risk to the public is low.\" Tedros explained that human-to-human Andes virus transmission is limited to close, sustained contact (sharing a cabin, intimate care of a symptomatic patient) and that airborne propagation in everyday public settings has not been documented. He confirmed the multi-country evacuation operation does not change the overall WHO public-risk assessment, which remains very low."},{"id":"hhs-may11-first-us-positive","source":"HHS / ABC News","title":"First US hantavirus case from MV Hondius: Asymptomatic American PCR-positive on flight to Nebraska","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T05:00:00Z","summary":"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on 11 May that one of 18 American passengers repatriated from MV Hondius tested PCR-positive for Andes hantavirus while still asymptomatic. The patient was placed in a biocontainment unit during the trans-Atlantic repatriation flight and is being transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for observation. A second American passenger with mild symptoms is being routed to a separate ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC). CDC continues to assess the public risk to the US general population as low; the 42-day symptom self-monitoring protocol remains in place for all repatriated passengers."},{"id":"may11-94-passengers-19-nationalities","source":"CNN","title":"94 passengers from 19 nationalities disembarked from MV Hondius on first day","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/health/live-news/hantavirus-cruise-outbreak","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T16:00:00Z","summary":"Of the 147 passengers remaining onboard MV Hondius at Tenerife arrival, 94 disembarked on the first day of the operation (10 May), representing 19 different nationalities. Beyond the 13 countries with confirmed or suspected cases, the passenger roster includes nationals from Australia, Belgium, Greece, Guatemala, India, Japan, Montenegro, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Ukraine — none of whom have confirmed cases but all of whom are now under precautionary 42-day contact monitoring in their home countries."},{"id":"death-timeline-revision-may11","source":"WHO","title":"Revised death timeline: first death April 11 onboard, spouse death April 26 in Johannesburg, third death May 2 onboard","url":"https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T15:00:00Z","summary":"WHO clarified the three confirmed/probable death timeline. Death 1: a male passenger on 11 April onboard, body remained on ship until 24 April when disembarked at Saint Helena. Death 2: his wife who disembarked with him at Saint Helena on 24 April was hospitalised in Johannesburg and died there on 26 April. Death 3: a female passenger who developed pneumonia onboard on 2 May, body still being stored on MV Hondius for transport to Rotterdam. All three are linked epidemiologically; ANDV laboratory confirmation across cases is ongoing."},{"id":"france-may11-pcr-confirmed","source":"Al Jazeera / Santé publique France","title":"French MV Hondius passenger PCR-confirmed positive for Andes hantavirus; condition deteriorating","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/11/two-more-cruise-ship-passengers-test-positive-for-hantavirus","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T16:00:00Z","summary":"One of the five French nationals repatriated from MV Hondius has tested PCR-positive for Andes hantavirus at Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard in Paris; the patient's condition deteriorated overnight following onset of symptoms during the repatriation flight from Tenerife. French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist emphasised: \"What is key is to act at the start and break the virus transmission chains.\" The French case was already included in HantaCount's headline count as a suspected case; this update upgrades the classification to confirmed. ECDC's daily surveillance update (as of 14:00 May 11) now reports 7 laboratory-confirmed + 2 probable = 9 WHO-tracked cases."},{"id":"canada-may11-quarantine","source":"Government of Canada / CBC","title":"Four Canadians from MV Hondius land in British Columbia under 42-day quarantine; no confirmed cases","url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/05/interdepartmental-media-update--hantavirus---may-10-2026.html","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T17:00:00Z","summary":"Four Canadian nationals who were aboard MV Hondius during the Andes hantavirus outbreak disembarked in Tenerife on 10 May and arrived in British Columbia on 11 May. All four are under Canada's mandatory 42-day home quarantine protocol. A total of 10 Canadians are connected to the outbreak across both passengers and close contacts. Canada's Chief Public Health Officer stated that the risk of hantavirus transmission within Canada 'is not expected' and assessed the overall risk to Canadians as very low. No confirmed or probable cases have been reported in Canada."},{"id":"nl-may11-radboud-quarantine","source":"NL Times / Radboud UMC","title":"12 Radboud UMC Nijmegen staff in 6-week preventive quarantine after ANDV protocol breach","url":"https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/11/hantavirus-12-radboud-hospital-workers-quarantine-due-slack-safety-measures","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T18:00:00Z","summary":"Twelve employees at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen entered 6-week preventive quarantine after possible Andes virus exposure during the treatment of an MV Hondius passenger. Two protocol breaches were identified: blood samples were processed under standard rather than ANDV-strict procedures, and the patient's urine was not disposed of according to the latest international guidelines. Radboud UMC stated that the actual probability of infection is very small. This is the first healthcare-worker quarantine event of the Hondius outbreak."},{"id":"euronews-may11-two-more-cases","source":"Euronews","title":"Two more cruise ship passengers test positive: France confirms a woman, Spain confirms a man","url":"https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/11/hantavirus-outbreak-latest-france-confirms-new-case-in-a-woman-evacuated-from-the-ship","publishedAt":"2026-05-11T20:00:00Z","summary":"France confirmed a second hantavirus case: a woman evacuated from MV Hondius tested PCR-positive, bringing France's total to 2 confirmed cases. A Spanish male MV Hondius passenger in isolation at a Madrid hospital also tested PCR-positive on arrival screening (asymptomatic, final confirmation on 12 May), bringing Spain's total to 2 cases. The two new cases raise HantaCount's headline total to 16 (CFR 19%). All cases are being monitored under national quarantine protocols."},{"id":"ecdc-may12-11cases","source":"ECDC","title":"ECDC raises official count to 11 — 9 lab-confirmed, 2 probable, 3 deaths","url":"https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectious-disease-topics/hantavirus-infection/surveillance-and-updates/andes-hantavirus-outbreak","publishedAt":"2026-05-12T14:00:00Z","summary":"ECDC's 12 May surveillance update raises the official Andes hantavirus count to 11 total: 9 lab-confirmed and 2 probable cases, with 3 deaths (CFR 27%). The upgrade from 9 to 11 reflects confirmations of the France Case 1 (Bichat hospital, Paris) and Spain Case 2 (Madrid). All MV Hondius passengers have been repatriated; the 42-day monitoring period runs through late June. Risk to the EU/EEA general population remains very low."},{"id":"who-dg-no-larger-outbreak","source":"WHO","title":"WHO Director-General: 'There is no sign we're seeing the start of a larger outbreak'","url":"https://www.who.int/news/item/12-05-2026-who-update-hantavirus-mv-hondius","publishedAt":"2026-05-12T10:00:00Z","summary":"WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that the MV Hondius response operation has been successful and that 'there is no sign that we're seeing the start of a larger outbreak.' All 147 passengers have been repatriated across 8+ countries under strict monitoring protocols. MV Hondius is now sailing to Rotterdam for decontamination. WHO continues to coordinate diagnostic capacity across affected countries."},{"id":"abc-may12-nebraska-16","source":"ABC News","title":"16 Americans now at Nebraska Biocontainment facility; Atlanta patient PCR result pending","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955","publishedAt":"2026-05-12T08:50:00Z","summary":"Latest US update: 16 Americans are now at the University of Nebraska Medical Center — 1 confirmed case in the biocontainment unit and 15 undergoing precautionary 42-day monitoring. Two Americans remain at Emory University Hospital Atlanta: one with mild symptoms has a PCR result pending, the other is monitoring without symptoms. CDC maintains US public risk is 'extremely low.' No new US cases confirmed as of this report."}],"snapshotAt":"2026-05-12T19:17:12.730Z"}