Oceanwide Expeditions — operator of the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which experienced a hantavirus outbreak in May 2026 that killed three passengers.
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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship ends deadly voyageCitizen Digital
… In a video shared on Monday by operator Oceanwide Expeditions, captain Jan Dobrogowski paid tribute to the "unity and quiet strength" of everyone on board and highlighted the "courage and selfless resolve" of the crew. …
Hantavirus ship heads to Netherlands after passengers flown homeCitizen Digital
… Once everyone has been evacuated, the ship will sail with a skeleton crew to the Dutch port of Rotterdam, according to its operator Oceanwide Expeditions.
Plane with hantavirus evacuees lands in NetherlandsCapital News
… The luxury cruise, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, began its journey on 1 April in Ushuaia, Argentina, and is expected to arrive in Spain’s Canary Islands on 10 May. …
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency saysCitizen Digital
… Three evacuees were whisked away from the ship on Wednesday and a fourth landed on Thursday in Amsterdam, said the vessel's operator, Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions. …
WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThe Standard
… Three evacuees were whisked away from the ship on Wednesday when it anchored off Cape Verde and a fourth landed in Amsterdam on Thursday, according to the vessel's operator, Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions. …
WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThe Standard
… The ship's operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, has confirmed that a passenger "in stable condition" was to be evacuated to the Netherlands. …
Plane carrying hantavirus-struck evacuee lands in AmsterdamThe Standard
… us cases linked to the ship -- including one of the fatalities and a British passenger in intensive care in Johannesburg -- and five suspected cases.The United Nations' health agency said on X that the man "had responded to an email from the ship's operator (Oceanwide Expeditions …
Cruise ship passenger with hantavirus being treated in ZurichThe Standard
… The ship, operated by Dutch firm Oceanwide Expeditions, set sail from Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1 and has been anchored off Cape Verde since Sunday while emergency teams try to deal with a situation.'Very rare' Health experts raised concern that a wider outbreak could be on t …
Three evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise shipThe Standard
… Passengers and crew have meanwhile been in isolation on the Hondius, operated by Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, after Cape Verde authorities barred the ship from docking. …
Race to find port for hantavirus-stricken cruise shipA Dutch cruise ship operated by Oceanwide Expeditions docked in Rotterdam Harbour with a skeleton crew after a hantavirus outbreak killed three passengers. The remaining crew faces weeks of quarantine, though the WHO has stressed that contagion from the virus is very rare despite its multi-week incubation period.
19 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Dutch cruise ship operated by Oceanwide Expeditions docked in Rotterdam Harbour with a skeleton crew after a hantavirus outbreak killed three passengers. The remaining crew faces weeks of quarantine, though the WHO has stressed that contagion from the virus is very rare despite its multi-week incubation period.
19 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which suffered a deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three people, sailed to the Netherlands after its last passengers disembarked in Spain's Canary Islands, with at least seven confirmed and one probable case among evacuees.
12 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A plane carrying 26 passengers and crew evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius landed in the Netherlands on Sunday, with passengers appearing to be in good health and disembarking without assistance. All passengers will be in quarantine for around...
10 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The WHO has said an outbreak of hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius is not the start of a pandemic, as the virus spreads through close, intimate contact unlike Covid-19. Five of eight suspected cases have been confirmed with three deaths, and the WHO documented person-to-person transmission for the first time.
8 May 2026 · Capital News →
The World Health Organization said more hantavirus cases may emerge from a cruise ship outbreak that has killed three passengers, but expects the outbreak to remain "limited" if precautions are taken. Five confirmed and three suspected cases have been reported overall from the MV Hondius, including three deaths from the rare, human-to-human transmissible Andes virus strain.
8 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization said more hantavirus cases could emerge after three cruise ship passengers died, though it expected the outbreak to remain limited if precautions were taken. Health officials scrambled to trace the outbreak of a human-to-human transmissible strain on the MV Hondius vessel, with authorities noting the virus is less contagious than Covid-19.
8 May 2026 · The Standard →
A plane carrying a sick passenger from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday after an emergency evacuation from the vessel off the Cape Verde coast. Two other evacuees had arrived in Amsterdam the previous day, with one taken to a hospital in Leiden and the other to Germany.
7 May 2026 · The Standard →
A former passenger from a cruise ship with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is being treated in a Zurich hospital after returning from South America in late April. The MV Hondius cruise ship has been at the centre of an international alert with three confirmed hantavirus cases linked to the vessel, including one fatality.
6 May 2026 · The Standard →
Emergency crews evacuated three people suspected of hantavirus infection from the cruise ship MV Hondius off Cape Verde on Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization. The rare strain can be transmitted between humans, and the evacuees will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment.
6 May 2026 · The Standard →
The MV Hondius, with 147 people on board, is seeking a port after a suspected hantavirus outbreak left three dead and five others with suspected cases. The WHO said the ship would head to Spain's Canary Islands, with two crew members requiring urgent evacuation potentially to the Netherlands.
5 May 2026 · The Standard →
Three people have died on the cruise ship MV Hondius in the Atlantic, with the WHO confirming one laboratory-confirmed case of hantavirus and five additional suspected cases. The ship was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde, and one patient is in intensive care in South Africa.
4 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Cape Verde has banned passengers from a cruise ship anchored off its coast from disembarking after a suspected hantavirus outbreak killed three people aboard MV Hondius. The country's health authorities imposed the measure to protect the local population, though WHO Europe said the risk to the wider public remained low.
4 May 2026 · The Standard →
Passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship are isolating after a suspected hantavirus outbreak killed three people, with Cape Verde refusing them entry. The ship, carrying 149 people from 23 nationalities, has implemented strict precautionary measures including isolation, hygiene protocols, and medical monitoring, with one passenger in intensive care in Johannesburg confirmed to have hantavirus.
4 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →