Cruise with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after three evacuated
May 6, 2026
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as posted by the channelThree people were evacuated on May 6 from the cruise ship facing a hantavirus outbreak. The ship, which has been sitting off the coast of Cape Verde but not allowed to dock, is now set to head for Spain’s Canary Islands.
Hantavirus is a rare, rodent-borne illness that usually spreads when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings.
The Argentine government’s leading hypothesis is that a Dutch couple contracted the virus during a bird-watching outing at a garbage dump before boarding, according to two officials. The cruise ship departed Argentina on April 1.
“This is not the next Covid, but it is a serious infectious disease,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's director for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention. “Most people will never be exposed to this.”
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