{"id":2600914,"date":"2026-05-10T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/passengers-disembark-hantavirus-plagued-cruise-ship\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:55:01","slug":"passengers-disembark-hantavirus-plagued-cruise-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/passengers-disembark-hantavirus-plagued-cruise-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers disembark hantavirus-plagued cruise ship"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fpassengers-disembark-hantavirus-plagued-cruise-ship%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=2600914&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>Passengers aboard teh MV *Hondius* cruise ship are evacuating in Spain\u2019s Canary Islands after an outbreak of hantavirus was detected onboard. the Dutch vessel,carrying about 150 people from 23 nations,landed in Tenerife so passengers and crew coudl disembark. Eight passengers were diagnosed with the Andes strain of hantavirus-an uncommon strain believed to be capable of human-to-human transmission-and three people have died.<\/p>\n<p>About 60 crew members and all passengers will leave the ship via smaller vessels to buses headed to Tenerife South Airport, where quarantine evacuation planes will transport people back to their home countries.The CDC sent a team to assess 17 U.S. passengers; they will be flown home on U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >medical repatriation flights<\/a> to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and then quarantined at the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. six Americans have already returned without showing illness.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Institution and acting CDC director Jay Bhattacharya said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-on-jan-6-riot-im-doing-therapy-because-of-trump-members-of-congress-served-in-war\/\" title=\"AOC On Jan. 6 Riot: I\u2019m ...Doing Therapy\u2019 Because Of Trump, Members Of Congress ...Served In War\u2019\">public health risk<\/a> is low and emphasized it is not like COVID-19. Hantaviruses are typically spread thru contact with rodent droppings, and the Andes strain\u2019s human-to-human spread is generally linked to very close contact, with severe illness possible if untreated.  <\/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>Passengers have begun evacuating the MV <em>Hondius<\/em> cruise ship that was hit by a rare <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4553443\/hantavirus-rare-disease-atlantic-cruise-ship-what-to-know\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">hantavirus<\/a> outbreak, boarding planes after the ship is docked in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1864\">Spain\u2019s<\/a> Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch cruise ship, carrying about 150 people from 23 different nations, landed in the Spanish island of Tenerife on Sunday morning to begin disembarking its passengers and crew from the vessel. Eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-recording-allegedly-shows-iranian-foreign-minister-admitting-ukrainian-flight-might-have-been-targeted\/\" title=\"Secret Recording Allegedly Shows Iranian Foreign Minister Admitting Ukrainian Flight Might Have Been Targeted\">people aboard<\/a> the ship were diagnosed with the Andes strain of the hantavirus, the only strain thought capable of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4555049\/who-suspects-human-spread-hantavirus-atlantic-cruise-ship\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">human-to-human transmission<\/a>. 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Countries have sent quarantine evacuation planes to pick up their individual passengers and repatriate them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cdc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"559\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> sent a team of specialists to the Canary Islands to evaluate 17 U.S. passengers disembarking the ship. These passengers will then be flown home on \u201cU.S. government medical repatriation\u201d flights set to land at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nebraska\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2098\">Nebraska<\/a>, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2026\/2026-cdc-provides-update-on-hantavirus-outbreak-linked-to-m-v-hondius-cruise-ship.html\">CDC<\/a>. They will then quarantine at the National Quarantine Center at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>Six Americans have already disembarked the vessel and arrived back in the United States, though none showed any signs of illness. <\/p>\n<p>Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a rare community-wide message to the people of Tenerife on Saturday before the cruise ship arrived that \u201cthe risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bird-flu-spilling-over-to-humans-enormous-concern-who-says\/\" title=\"WHO expresses significant concern as bird flu ...s to humans\">current public health risk<\/a> from hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now,\u201d Ghebreyesus <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/09-05-2026-message-by-the-who-director-general-to-the-people-of-tenerife-regarding-the-hantavirus-response\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Acting\u00a0CDC\u00a0Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jay-bhattacharya\/\">Jay Bhattacharya<\/a> also told Americans on Saturday that the outbreak will not be another COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4561908\/bhattacharya-hantavirus-americans-affected\/\">BHATTACHARYA URGES CALM OVER HANTAVIRUS AS AMERICANS AFFECTED ARE MOVED TO 42-DAY ISOLATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is, again, not like\u00a0COVID, and the CDC has been working very closely with our international partners, our state and local partners,\u201d Bhattacharya told Fox News.<\/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\/\">Hantaviruses<\/a>, spread by rodents like mice, can cause illnesses that can result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-dunks-her-face-in-bowl-of-ice-water-on-instagram-live-to-de-stress\/\" title=\"AOC Dunks Her Face In Bowl Of Ice Water On Instagram Live To De-Stress\">low blood pressure<\/a>, low oxygen levels, and death by organ failure if they are left untreated.\u00a0The human-to-human spread of the Andes strain is typically transmitted by extremely close contact with an affected individual.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers evacuate MV Hondius after rare hantavirus outbreak in Spain\u2019s Canary Islands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2600915,"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\/2026\/05\/AP26128713435344.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52315,79414,51785,52180,32068],"class_list":["post-2600914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cruise-ship","tag-disembarkation","tag-hantavirus","tag-outbreak-2","tag-public-health"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26128713435344.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600914","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2600914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2600919,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600914\/revisions\/2600919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2600915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}