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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… It is operated by a Dutch-based tour company, Oceanwide Expeditions. One of the cruises offers an itinerary departing from Ushuaia for Cape Verde, with stops in the islands of South Georgia and Saint Helena. …
Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus: WHOThe Standard
… In its first statement on the crisis, the vessel's operator Oceanwide Expeditions confirmed three deaths on board the MV Hondius, travelling across from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde off the coast of west Africa.Two died on board and one after disembarking the ship. …
Cape Verde bans passengers from cruise with suspected virus deathsCitizen Digital
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Passengers isolating on cruise after Cape Verde ban over suspected virus deathsA 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 →