Three dead in hantavirus outbreak aboard polar cruise ship from Ushuaia bound for Cape Verde

Monday, May 4th 2026 - 01:45 UTC

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The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three deaths on Sunday aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius from a hantavirus outbreak, a disease typically transmitted through rodents. The vessel, operated by the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, had set sail from the port of Ushuaia, in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, on March 20, bound for the port of Praia in Cape Verde, where its journey was scheduled to conclude on May 4. Read full article

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Frank
Most likely not an outbreak on the ship, they will have picked it up in Ushuaia.
It has quite a long incubation period.
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