WHO director Tedros confirms eight cases of deadly hantavirus as the outbreak goes global…
A traveler in Zurich and a flight attendant in Johannesburg among the latest to test positive for the rare strain…
The MV Hondius continues its transit to Tenerife with three bodies in cold storage and one passenger in critical condition…
Spanish authorities bracing for Saturday docking at Santa Cruz despite fierce protests from the Canary Islands government…
The “Andes strain” is now a primary concern due to its rare ability to jump human-to-human without rodent contact…
St. Helena island mandates a 45-day quarantine for all locals who interacted with the 29 passengers who disembarked in April…
[May 4] The first laboratory-confirmed cases were identified as the ship transited toward the European coast.
[April 23] Nearly thirty guests left the vessel at St. Helena, unknowingly seeding the virus into the international flight network.
[April 11] First death on board.
[April 6] First passenger (70-year-old Dutch man) develops symptoms.
[April 1, 2026] MV Hondius departs Ushuaia, Argentina.
The Singapore Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) confirmed on May 7 that eight cases, including three deaths, are currently linked to the MV Hondius cluster. WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove confirmed that human-to-human transmission is suspected among close contacts.