Hantavirus

WHO declares cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

(FILES) The Dutch Hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrives to dock at the port of Rotterdam on May 18, 2026. The UN health agency on July 2, 2026 declared an end to the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship which sparked international alarm, after the last person left quarantine. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference he was "very pleased to say that WHO considers the outbreak of hantavirus over". (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)

Hantavirus outbreak should formally end on July 2: WHO

There were 12 confirmed and one probable case stemming from the MV Hondius, including three deaths, in an outbreak which sparked an international health alert.

All US passengers from hantavirus-hit ship return to home states

The cruise ship MV Hondius was docked off Cape Verde port on May 4.

Quarantine over for almost all hantavirus cruise ship passengers and crew in the Netherlands

There were 12 confirmed and one probable hantavirus case stemming from the MV Hondius, including three deaths.

Is the US prepared for the next pandemic? How Trump’s policies have weakened defences

Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the coffin of a man who died of Ebola virus before his burial in Bunia, Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 10, 2026.

Health experts to screen US wastewater for disease outbreaks during World Cup

FILE PHOTO: Temporary pipes divert sewage into the C&O Canal in order to repair the Potomac Interceptor, a six-foot-wide wastewater pipe, in Cabin John, Maryland, U.S., February 18, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

2 Singapore residents who were on board hantavirus-hit cruise ship complete quarantine

The two residents had been isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) after their return.

Argentina to expand hantavirus search to second province as probe on cruise ship outbreak widens

The cruise ship MV Hondius, which was sailing from Ushuaia to Cape Verde when three passengers died following a hantavirus outbreak.

2 S’pore residents who were on board MV Hondius still hantavirus-free, allowed to quarantine at home

The pair were allowed to transition to home quarantine for the last 12 days of their quarantine from May 25 if they chose to do so.

Five people leave hantavirus quarantine in US state of Nebraska

They were among a group of Americans on a cruise ship that became the centre of a global hantavirus outbreak in May.

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Personal Data Protection Notice

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.