{"id":2601038,"date":"2026-05-11T01:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-passenger-aboard-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-tests-positive-for-hantavirus\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:49:16","slug":"us-passenger-aboard-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-tests-positive-for-hantavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-passenger-aboard-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-tests-positive-for-hantavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"US passenger aboard MV Hondius cruise ship tests positive for hantavirus"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fus-passenger-aboard-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-tests-positive-for-hantavirus%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=2601038&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>A U.S. passenger aboard the *MV Hondius* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-was-the-brian-stelter-of-years\/\" title=\"2020 Was the Brian Stelter of Years\">cruise ship<\/a> in the Canary Islands has tested positive for hantavirus, and another passenger is showing mild symptoms, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS said the 17 Americans being airlifted back to the United States are being transported in biocontainment units as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>The passengers will first go to the ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment centre at the University of Nebraska Medical Center\/Nebraska Medicine in Omaha,and then the symptomatic passenger will be transferred to a second <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >treatment center<\/a> at the final destination. On arrival, each person will receive clinical assessment and care based on their condition.<\/p>\n<p>Hantavirus is described by the CDC as a severe lung disease transmitted through rodent urine, feces, or saliva. The article notes that these newly identified U.S. cases aboard the ship are the first known instances of Americans contracting the virus on board; earlier,seven Americans had returned without symptoms or positive tests. Of the total people diagnosed on the ship, eight had been infected and three had died at the time of reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts and NIH\/CDC acting director jay Bhattacharya said the risk of the outbreak expanding into a pandemic is low and emphasized that it should be handled with hantavirus-specific protocols rather than treated like COVID-19.  <\/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 U.S. citizen who was a passenger aboard the MV <em>Hondius<\/em> cruise ship with a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4553443\/hantavirus-rare-disease-atlantic-cruise-ship-what-to-know\/\">hantavirus<\/a> outbreak has tested positive for the virus, the Department of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-and-human-services\/\">Health and Human Services <\/a>reported on Sunday night. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-finally-requiring-labs-to-report-the-most-important-result-of-a-covid-test\/\" title=\"State Finally Requiring Labs To Report the Most Important Result of a COVID Test\">positive test result<\/a> came as HHS announced that 17 U.S. citizens were being airlifted back to the United States after the ship docked in the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n<p>HHS reported that another passenger was showing symptoms of the virus. Both passengers are traveling in a plane\u2019s biocontainment units \u201cout of an abundance of caution,\u201d HHS said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>.<\/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\/news\/4562449\/don-lemon-teasing-2028-run\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Don Lemon continues teasing 2028 presidental run: \u2018Why not?\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4553053\/june-social-security-direct-payment-22-days-2\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>June Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 22 days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4553036\/round-one-may-social-security-payments-out-in-3-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>First round of May Social Security payments goes out in 3 days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HHS through <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASPRgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASPRgov<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CDCgov<\/a> is supporting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> in the repatriation of 17 American citizens from the MV Hondius cruise ship affected by the Andes variant of hantavirus.<\/p>\n<p>All 17 are currently en route via <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateDept<\/a> airlift to the United States, with two of the\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\u2014 HHS (@HHSGov) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HHSGov\/status\/2053656580118216985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOne passenger currently has mild symptoms and another passenger tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus,\u201d read a HHS <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HHSGov\/status\/2053656580118216985\">post<\/a> on X about the 17 Americans being transported back to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of now, the airlift will transport passengers to the ASPR Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center\/Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska before taking the passenger with mild symptoms to a second RESPTC at its final destination,\u201d said HHS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival at each facility, each individual will undergo clinical assessment and receive appropriate care and support based on their condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hantavirus is a \u201csevere and deadly disease that affects the lungs,\u201d according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/hantavirus\/about\/andesvirus.html\">causes<\/a> a respiratory illness in humans called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. The virus spreads through contact with the urine, feces, or saliva of rodents, such as mice or rats. The primary concern for humans is the Andes strain, which is believed to be the only strain capable of being spread through human contact.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4562118\/passengers-disembark-hantavirus-cruise-ship-spain\/\"><strong>PASSENGERS DISEMBARK HANTAVIRUS-PLAGUED CRUISE SHIP OFF SPAIN\u2019S CANARY ISLANDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s revelation of the U.S. citizen testing positive for the virus, and a second showing symptoms, are the first known cases of U.S. citizens on the ship having contracted the virus. Previously, seven Americans aboard the ship had already returned to the country, with none exhibiting symptoms or testing positive for the virus, the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4562118\/passengers-disembark-hantavirus-cruise-ship-spain\/\">reported<\/a>. Eight people aboard the cruise ship have been diagnosed with the virus, with three people dying from it so far.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent developments of symptomatic U.S. citizens, the public health risk of the disease becoming widespread and evolving into a pandemic is considered low, according to health experts. <\/p>\n<p>Director of the National Institutes of Health and acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya said in an interview on Sunday on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> with Jake Tapper that the hantavirus outbreak will not be another COVID-19 pandemic. He <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/us-health-hantavirus-response-00913522\">said<\/a> the CDC is fully equipped to handle hantavirus and is taking the proper and necessary precautions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not Covid, Jake,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/05\/10\/us-health-hantavirus-response-00913522\">said<\/a> Bhattacharya to Tapper. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t want to treat it like Covid. We don\u2019t want to cause a public panic over this. We want to treat it with hantavirus protocols that, again, were successful in containing outbreaks in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. passenger on MV Hondius tests positive as 17 Americans are airlifted home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2601039,"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\/AP26126635628911.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52315,51785,38304,79443,79442],"class_list":["post-2601038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cruise-ship","tag-hantavirus","tag-infectious-disease","tag-mv-hondius","tag-us-passenger"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26126635628911.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601038","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601042,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601038\/revisions\/2601042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}