More hantavirus cases possible after cruise ship outbreak, says World Health Organisation
May 8, 2026
As the Hantavirus-ridden vessel heads for the Spanish Canary islands with 140 passengers on board, a second cruise ship passenger has tested positive in a Dutch hospital. It emerged on Thursday that dozens of passengers disembarked the ship nearly two weeks after a man died on board, leaving health professionals to track where the virus came from, and where it might have gone since. Story by Antonia Kerrigan.
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