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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Spain's Canary Islands

The Hindu · · 803 words · By AFP
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“A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain's Canary Islands Sunday (May 10, 2026)”
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Multiple independent news sources (CNN, ABC News, and other web results) confirm the MV Hondius arrived at the port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife, Canary Islands, on May 10, 2026, following a hantavirus outbreak.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Canary Islands ( ; Spanish: Canarias [kaˈnaɾjas] ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain, located about 100 kilometres (60 mi) off…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Parliament of the Canary Islands is the regional legislature of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. The Parliament has seventy members elected on four-year terms. The parliament …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Canary_Islan…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of Northwest Africa. The distinctive variety of the Spanish la…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islanders
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“The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel”
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The claim is reported by France24 and confirmed by other web search results mentioning the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arriving at Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel.
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web search NEUTRAL — The port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, where the cruise ship MV Hondius affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is expected to arrive.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/canary-islands-bra…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, AFP journalists reported, confirmed by data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260510-hantavirus-hi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius complies with the requirements of the Polar Code, established by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to ensure the safe navigation of ships and the protection of the polar env…
https://colombiaone.com/2026/05/06/cruise-ship-hantavirus-te…
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“an outbreak of hantavirus led to the deaths of three people”
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Four independent news sources (NY Post, Krdo, France24, and Al Jazeera) all report that three people died due to the hantavirus outbreak on the ship.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three people have died, and eight others have fallen ill from a rare and extremely deadly strain of the virus [hantavirus] aboard the stranded MV Hondius
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/world-news/deadly-hantavirus-o…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three people who were on the ship have died
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/08/this-american-doctor-though…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — an outbreak of hantavirus led to the deaths of three people
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260510-cruise-ship-hit-…
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“Three passengers from the ship — a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman — have died”
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France24 and Al Jazeera both specify the identities of the deceased as a Dutch husband and wife and a German national/woman.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MV Hondius is a Dutch expedition cruise ship owned by Oceanwide Expeditions. Built by Brodosplit in Split, Croatia, the vessel entered service in 2019 and operates primarily in the Arctic and Antarcti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hondius is the name of two unrelated families of cartographers. Hondius may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondius_(disambiguation)
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“The only hantavirus type that can transmit from person to person — the Andes virus — has been confirmed among those who have tested positive”
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The specific strain (Andes virus) and its person-to-person transmission capability are confirmed by Wikipedia (Andes virus and MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak entries) and corroborated by South China Morning Post, France24, and The Hindu.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak was confirmed to involve citizens of the United States by May 2026, as domestic health authorities began monitoring returning passengers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. A passenger on board di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andes virus (ANDV) is the most common cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in South America. Andes virus is transmitted mainly by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus). I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes_virus
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“WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who arrived in Spain on Saturday (May 9, 2026)”
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While Wikipedia confirms Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the WHO Director-General, none of the provided evidence sources confirm his specific arrival in Spain on May 9, 2026. The provided search results for this claim are generic definitions of 'director'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom_Ghebreyesus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The director-general of the World Health Organization is the chief executive officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the principal advisor to the United Nations on matters pertaining to glo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director-General_of_the_World_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WHO Goodwill Ambassador is an official honorary title that is granted to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. WHO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advoc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Goodwill_Ambassador
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“At the port of Granadilla de Abona early Sunday (May 10, 2026) morning, AFP journalists saw white tents had been set up along the quay and the police had secured part of the port.”
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The claim mentions AFP journalists seeing white tents and police security. While other sources confirm the ship's arrival, the specific detail about the tents and police securing the quay is only present in the claim's context and not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets (which only show generic definitions of 'white' for this claim).
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web search NEUTRAL — White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The colo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of WHITE is having the color of new snow or milk; specifically : of the color white. How to use white in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white
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web search NEUTRAL — WHITE definition: of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. See examples of white used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/white
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“Cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions said earlier that 'all guests and a limited number of crew members' were expected to begin to leave the ship from around 0700 GMT.”
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France24 reports the specific quote from Oceanwide Expeditions regarding the 0700 GMT disembarkation, and other sources (The Standard, Straits Times) confirm the disembarkation process and the operator's involvement.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius is expected to reach waters off Tenerife at dawn on May 10. Read more at straitstimes.com.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/canary-islands-bra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions said guests who left the ship have been contacted.“This number includes the body of the guest who passed away on board MV Hondius on 11 April 2026.” The 30 people who disembarked…
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/british-foreign-offic…
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web search NEUTRAL — MV Hondius Cruise Ship Considered for Las Palmas or Tenerife Disembarkation The MV Hondius cruise ship, currently anchored off the coast of Cape Verde due to a serious medical situation on board, is n…
https://tenerifeweekly.com/2026/05/04/cruise-with-potential-…
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“The WHO said Friday (May 8, 2026) it had confirmed six cases out of eight suspected ones.”
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Multiple sources, including WHO-related reports found via web search, confirm that as of May 8, six cases were laboratory-confirmed out of eight suspected cases.
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web search NEUTRAL — ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — As of 8 May, a total of eight cases, including three deaths (case fatality ratio 38%), have been reported. Six cases have been laboratory-confirmed as hantavirus infections, with all identified as And…
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2…
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web search NEUTRAL — There are six confirmed cases of hantavirus so far out of eight suspected ones following an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization said. "As of 8 May, a total of eight cases, includi…
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0509/1572469-hantavirus-c…
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“The MV Hondius is sailing from Cape Verde, where three infected people had already been evacuated earlier in the week.”
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France24 reports both that the ship was sailing from Cape Verde and that three infected people (two crew, one other) were evacuated from there earlier in the week.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The MV Hondius is sailing from Cape Verde, where three infected people had already been evacuated earlier in the week
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260510-cruise-ship-hit-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three people – two crew members and one other person – thought to be infected with the virus were being taken off the MV Hondius, anchored off Cape Verde, the WHO said.
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260506-three-infected-p…
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“The MV Hondius left Ushuaia, Argentina on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde.”
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“A flight attendant on the Dutch airline KLM, who came into contact with an infected passenger from the cruise ship and later showed mild symptoms, tested negative for hantavirus, the WHO said Friday (May 8, 2026).”
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“The passenger — the wife of the first person to die in the outbreak — had briefly been on a plane bound from Johannesburg to the Netherlands on April 25, but was removed before take-off.”
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“She died the following day in a Johannesburg hospital.”
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“Spanish authorities said a woman on that flight was being tested for hantavirus, having developed symptoms at home in eastern Spain.”
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“Two Singapore residents who had been on the ship tested negative for the disease but would remain in quarantine, the city-state's authorities said Friday (May 8, 2026).”
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“British health authorities also said Friday (May 8, 2026) there was a suspected case on Tristan da Cunha”
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