Also known as: Tedros · WHO chief · Ghebreyesus
WHO Director-General who coordinated evacuation of hantavirus-hit cruise ship and addressed U.S. membership dues arrears.
Travelled to Spain to oversee the evacuation of the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Canary Islands, where a hantavirus outbreak has killed three passengers and sickened others with a rare person-to-person transmissible strain. The WHO chief has warned that more cases could emerge but expects the outbreak to remain limited if precautions are taken.
Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands are sending planes to evacuate their citizens from a Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, with the EU providing two additional planes for remaining European citizens and the U.S. and UK arranging contingency transport for non-EU citizens.
6 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands are sending planes to evacuate their citizens from a Tenerife-bound cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, with the EU providing two additional planes for remaining European citizens and the U.S. and UK arranging contingency transport for non-EU citizens.
6 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Spain to oversee the safe disembarkation of passengers and crew from the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Canary Islands, where three passengers have died and others have fallen sick with hantavirus. The Andes virus strain, which can transmit person-to-person, has been confirmed among those who tested positive.
9 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, carrying nearly 150 people and hit by a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers, is expected to reach the Canary Islands, where most aboard will be evacuated and flown home. The Andes virus, the only hantavirus type that can transmit person-to-person, has been confirmed among those who tested positive.
10 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization's director general will travel to Tenerife on Saturday to help coordinate the evacuation of passengers aboard the MV Hondius, where three people have died and others have fallen sick with hantavirus, including the person-to-person transmissible Andes virus strain.
9 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
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 →
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 →
A cruise ship struck by hantavirus off Cape Verde evacuated three people — two sick crew members and one contact — to Europe via medical flights. The WHO chief said the outbreak, which has killed three people, is not comparable to the Covid pandemic.
6 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 →
The WHO chief said the United States has not paid its outstanding membership dues, which is a condition for Washington's planned withdrawal from the organization. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed hope that the U.S. could clear its arrears before exiting and stressed that the issue extends beyond finances, arguing that health security requires universality.
30 April 2026 · Capital News →