Hantavirus

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.

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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.

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Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on May 30.

Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again

The MV Hondius - on which three people died due to hantavirus - will resume its cruise schedule from June 13.

Surveillance ordered for US hantavirus ship passengers who go home

It appeared earlier this week that some of the passengers might be prevented from leaving the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska, the only federally funded facility of its kind.

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