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Hantavirus: Company says no symptomatic guests on ship

Deutsche Welle · · 2459 words · By Alex Berry; Zac Crellin; Mark Hallam; Jenipher Camino Gonzalez; Richard Connor
International Medical Coordination Cruise Ship Safety Public Health Crisis Management
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36 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“No passengers with symptoms left on board, cruise company said”
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Only Deutsche Welle reports the cruise company's statement that no symptomatic passengers remain. Other sources mention passengers still facing waits for symptoms or being evacuated, but do not confirm the company's specific claim about the current state of the board.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions is a Dutch company specializing in expedition-style voyages to Antarctica and the Arctic. The company self owns and operates a fleet of ice-strengthened vessels. Oceanwide provid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanwide_Expeditions
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hondius is an expedition and cruise ship which is currently involved in an outbreak of hantavirus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus has been identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 6 May 2026, it is anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, where its passengers remain un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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“30 guests had disembarked on Saint Helena on April 24”
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Multiple independent sources (Deutsche Welle and a web search result citing Oceanwide Expeditions) confirm that 30 guests disembarked on Saint Helena on April 24.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus has been identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 6 May 2026, it is anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, where its passengers remain un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions is a Dutch company specializing in expedition-style voyages to Antarctica and the Arctic. The company self owns and operates a fleet of ice-strengthened vessels. Oceanwide provid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanwide_Expeditions
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web search NEUTRAL — Key Facts. In an update issued early on Thursday, the operator of the cruise ship MV Hondius, Oceanwide Expeditions, mentions 30 guests—including the one who had died—disembarked the ship in Saint Hel…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/05/07/29-pass…
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“The Dutch government had reported 40 guests disembarking”
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There is a contradiction in the number of passengers who disembarked at Saint Helena: Deutsche Welle and NPR report 40 guests, while Oceanwide Expeditions (via web search) reports 30 guests.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus has been identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 6 May 2026, it is anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, where its passengers remain un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch woman in Amsterdam hospital with possible hantavirus infection, says health ministry.The ministry said that they had arrived in Argentina on 27 November, then travelled to Chile and Uruguay befo…
https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0507/1572087-hantavirus-cruise-…
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“The cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak occurred has started moving from Cape Verde”
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Confirmed by Deutsche Welle, AFP (via web search), and other news reports that the MV Hondius departed Cape Verde following the hantavirus outbreak.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (being t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hondius is an expedition and cruise ship which is currently involved in an outbreak of hantavirus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus has been identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 6 May 2026, it is anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, where its passengers remain un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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“Spain's Health Ministry has said it will allow the luxury cruise ship to dock at the Canary Island of Tenerife”
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Confirmed by Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera, and China Daily that Spain's Health Ministry granted permission for the ship to dock in the Canary Islands (Tenerife or Gran Canaria).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus has been identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 6 May 2026, it is anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, where its passengers remain un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 2026 in the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_Kingdom
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web search NEUTRAL — Spain granted permission to dock, citing humanitarian principles and requests from the WHO and EU.The MV Hondius would moor either in Gran Canaria or Tenerife, which were three or four days of sailing…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/hant…
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“The three individuals who were airlifted away 'are now in the care of medical professionals'”
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Deutsche Welle and multiple web search results confirm that three passengers were evacuated/airlifted for medical treatment in the Netherlands.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, were evacuated to the Netherlands for medical treatment. The ship remains off Cape Verde, awaiting further instruct…
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/general/three-passengers-ev…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people have died and medics on Monday were scrambling to evacuate two others from the MV Hondius, which set off in March from southern Argentina carrying 149 people from 23 countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/cruise-ship-…
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web search NEUTRAL — After completing medical evacuations for three passengers who were either symptomatic or in close contact with an individual who died from the virus, the small ship is now bound for the Canary Islands…
https://www.cruisehive.com/two-americans-from-hantavirus-cru…
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“March 20: The MV Hondius departs from Tierra del Fuego with 149 people on board”
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Only Deutsche Welle provides this specific date and passenger count for the departure from Tierra del Fuego. Web search results for this claim returned irrelevant information about motorcycles and transportation companies.
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web search NEUTRAL — MV Agusta (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɛmmeˈvi aˈɡusta], full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is an Italian high end motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Agusta
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web search NEUTRAL — When you choose MV, you choose more than a transportation provider—you choose a partner committed to putting people first. That means safe, on-time, and reliable service, powered by innovation and dri…
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“April 1: The ship departs Ushuaia on the Argentinian side of Tierra del Fuego”
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Confirmed by four independent sources including Nypost, NBC Washington, Al Jazeera, and Deutsche Welle that the ship departed Ushuaia on April 1.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The ship left Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/world-news/mv-hondius-cruise-s…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The cruise ship departed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 with 88 passengers and 59 crew members.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/hantavirus-outbrea…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the cruise ship, which set sail from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 for Cape Verde, had 88 passengers and 59 crew members from 23 countries on board.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/6/spain-agrees-to-let-…
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“April 6: A 70-year-old male Dutch passenger falls ill with a fever, headache, abdominal pain and diarrhea”
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Web search results for this specific claim returned irrelevant information about a movie ('The Bridge on the River Kwai') and provided no evidence regarding a passenger falling ill on April 6.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000)
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“April 11: The man dies”
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The death of the Dutch passenger on April 11 is reported by Al Jazeera, but not corroborated by other provided evidence sources.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The first stricken passenger, the Dutch man, died on April 11.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/6/spain-agrees-to-let-…
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“April 24: The MV Hondius docks in Saint Helena where the deceased body was removed from the boat, along with the man's wife”
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“April 26: The woman dies in hospital in Johannesburg”
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“April 27: A British man is airlifted to Johannesburg after falling seriously ill”
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“May 2: The German woman dies”
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“May 2: tests give the first confirmation on hantavirus following tests on the British patient”
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“May 3: The MV Hondius reaches Cape Verde with three passengers, including the ship doctor, reporting symptoms”
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“May 4: Hantavirus is found following tests on the Dutch woman who died on April 26”
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“May 6: Three patients are evacuated from the ship, two were taken to the Netherlands and one was taken to Düsseldorf in Germany”
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“May 7: A Dutch stewardess... is taken to hospital after reporting feeling unwell”
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“A Dutch stewardess has been admitted to a hospital in Amsterdam... The patient was put into isolation at the Amsterdam UMC”
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“a person who came into contact with Hantavirus on the Hondius cruise ship arrived in Düsseldorf for precautionary medical testing”
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“Technical teams from Argentina's Malbran Institute will travel to the southern city of Ushuaia to conduct rodent capture and analysis operations”
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“no hantavirus cases had been recorded in Tierra del Fuego Province since mandatory reporting began in 1996”
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“the virus detected on the MV Hondius corresponds to the Andes strain of hantavirus”
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“Argentina will now send Andes virus RNA to Spain, Senegal, South Africa, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom”
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“The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) said it was closely monitoring American passengers aboard the MV Hondius”
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“residents in three states were being monitored for hantavirus”
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“the Dutch couple who died of hantavirus had been in Chile and Uruguay before boarding the MV Hondius in Ushuaia, Argentina”
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“The husband-and-wife arrived in Argentina on November 27, then traveled to Chile and Uruguay before returning to Argentina on March 27”
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“two [British citizens] who returned to the UK have been advised to self isolate”
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“UKHSA confirmed that one British national was among three people with suspected hantavirus who have been evacuated from the Hondius”
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“Two patients being flown to Amsterdam need a replacement air ambulance, after their plane that landed in Gran Canaria exhibited a technical fault”
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“A plane thought to be carrying at least one passenger from the hantavirus-affected MV Hondius ship has landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport”
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“the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) said in a statement that it was expecting a patient from the ship”
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“Three people have died in the outbreak on board the MV Hondius — an elderly Dutch couple and a German woman”
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“A passenger has also tested positive after returning to Switzerland”
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