{"id":2599875,"date":"2026-05-07T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hantavirus-cruise-death-toll-rises-to-five-after-eight-confirmed-infections-who\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:16:19","slug":"hantavirus-cruise-death-toll-rises-to-five-after-eight-confirmed-infections-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hantavirus-cruise-death-toll-rises-to-five-after-eight-confirmed-infections-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Hantavirus cruise death toll rises to five after eight confirmed infections: WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhantavirus-cruise-death-toll-rises-to-five-after-eight-confirmed-infections-who%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hantavirus has been confirmed in eight people following an outbreak on an Atlantic cruise ship, with five deaths reported. The infections involve the Andes strain,a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rare rodent-borne virus typically contracted<\/a> through exposure to contaminated rodent urine,droppings,or saliva,and possibly via human-to-human transmission.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, World Health Association (WHO) officials provided case-by-case updates while coordinating with authorities in the Canary Islands to help remove passengers from the ship and prevent spread as it attempts to dock. WHO doctors from partner institutions are aboard to assess patients and plan disembarkation operations, and they say the overall public risk is low and does not resemble a COVID-19-style <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-finally-discovers-china-uses-u-s-media-to-attack-the-united-states\/\" title=\"CNN Finally Discovers China Uses U.S. Media To Attack The United States\">global pandemic<\/a>. the cruise departed from Argentina in April, with passengers afterward developing flu-like symptoms that progressed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/birds-in-backyard-flocks-have-been-dropping-dead-in-louisiana-now-a-patient-is-in-critical-condition\/\" title=\"Birds in Backyard Flocks Have Been Dropping Dead in Louisiana - Now a Patient Is in Critical Condition\">severe respiratory illness<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-investigating-sexual-assault-accusations-levied-against-ex-state-speaker-of-the-house\/\" title=\"Police Investigating Sexual Assault Accusations Levied Against Ex-State Speaker Of The House\">multiple stops<\/a>, including St. Helena and Cape Verde.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-health-organization\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"316\">World Health Organization<\/a> officials on Thursday said that eight cases of Hantavirus have been confirmed as a result of an outbreak on a cruise ship, and five of those infected have died.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak involves the Andes strain of the Hantavirus, a rare variant of the rodent-borne virus primarily found in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a> and Chile that can be contracted by exposure to infected rodent urine, droppings, or saliva, often when contaminated particles become airborne. It\u2019s also suspected of being transmitted by human-to-human contact.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4558636\/rudy-giuliani-911-coverage-new-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rudy Giuliani applies for 9\/11 coverage to help pay for hospital bills<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4557387\/fda-chief-marty-makary-fire-multiple-directions\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>FDA chief Marty Makary under fire from multiple directions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4556183\/unitedhealthcare-eliminate-30-percent-prior-authorization-services\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>UnitedHealthcare to eliminate prior authorization requirement for 30% of services<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>WHO officials held a briefing Thursday to give the latest updates on the virus and passengers aboard a cruise ship as the ship attempts to dock in the Canary Islands, something <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1864\">Spain<\/a> is wary of allowing due to the risk of the virus spreading. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The WHO said its doctors are coordinating with officials in the Canary Islands to get passengers off the ship while avoiding the spread of the virus. Doctors from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the Netherlands are aboard the vessel, conducting medical assessments and developing operation guidance for disembarking. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: MarineTraffic; Graphic by Grace Hagerman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus broke down each case of Hantavirus and the circumstances surrounding those who died from the virus. <\/p>\n<p>Tedros said the first case was a man who first displayed symptoms on April 6 and died five days later, but the individual\u2019s symptoms were similar to other respiratory diseases, so the virus was not suspected.<\/p>\n<p>However, when the man\u2019s wife went ashore to St. Helena Island when the ship docked there, she was showing symptoms. She \u201cdeteriorated\u201d during a flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, and died one day after arriving there. Tedros said samples were taken from the couple in South Africa, which confirmed they had contracted Hantavirus. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said the couple had traveled through Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay on a bird-watching trip, which likely led them to come in contact with sites where rodents carrying the disease dwell. <\/p>\n<p>The third death from passengers on the ship was a woman who developed symptoms April 28 and died May 2, Tedros said. <\/p>\n<p>An additional passenger with confirmed infection was a man who went to the ship\u2019s doctor with symptoms on April 24 and was evacuated the next day. He remains in intensive care in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>When the ship arrived in Cape Verde, doctors boarded to provide care for three other passengers with symptoms who were later evacuated to the Netherlands for treatment. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4553443\/hantavirus-rare-disease-atlantic-cruise-ship-what-to-know\/\"><strong>HANTAVIRUS: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RARE DISEASE ON ATLANTIC CRUISE SHIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tedros said the eighth case was in a man who disembarked in St. Helena at the direction of the ship\u2019s operator and reported symptoms in Zurich, Switzerland. He was confirmed to have been infected with the Andes virus Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Health officials have stressed that the overall public risk remains low and emphasized that Hantavirus and its Andes strain do not pose the risk of a global pandemic like that of COVID-19. <\/p>\n<p>The cruise ship departed Argentina in April with roughly 150 passengers and crew before multiple people developed flu-like symptoms\u00a0that later escalated into severe respiratory illness. <\/p>\n<p>The ship made stops in Antarctica and several other islands on its way to Cape Verde, an island chain in West Africa. Three patients were evacuated from the cruise ship in Cape Verde on Wednesday, while two others have landed in the Netherlands to get medical attention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO confirms 8 hantavirus cases on cruise; 5 deaths<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2599876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24010607468815-scaled-e1778163204352.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52315,51785,32068],"class_list":["post-2599875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cruise-ship","tag-hantavirus","tag-public-health"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24010607468815-scaled-e1778163204352.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599875"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599879,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599875\/revisions\/2599879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}