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Hantavirus: Race to trace passengers who left MV Hondius at St Helena

BBC News · · 680 words · By Amy Walker
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“29 passengers, of at least 12 different nationalities, left the MV Hondius on 24 April”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the cruise operator stated 29 passengers of at least 12 different nationalities left the MV Hondius on April 24.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Garcia () is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Infectious disease on cruise ships is a hazard associated with cruises. Outbreaks of contagious diseases can spread quickly due to the confined cruise ship environment, reliance on shared spaces, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_disease_on_cruise_s…
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“The Dutch government gave a different figure of 40 [passengers who left the MV Hondius on 24 April]”
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While there is evidence of the outbreak and the ship, the provided search results do not contain any mention of the Dutch government providing a figure of 40 passengers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Diego Garcia () is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia
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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. The Guardian reports as of 6 M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch (Endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] ⓘ, Nederlandse taal) is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language [4] and 5 million…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language
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“Among those who left the Dutch vessel at the island was a 69-year-old woman who later died in South Africa”
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Multiple sources confirm a 69-year-old woman (wife of a previously deceased passenger) left the ship and died in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 26.
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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. The Guardian reports as of 6 M…
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 — Victim: A 69-year-old Dutch woman; her 70-year- old husband also died, totaling 3 deaths, including a German national, with cases suspected on the ship. Cause: Suspected hantavirus, a severe respirato…
https://ifunny.co/picture/dies-a-69-year-old-dutch-woman-die…
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“The Dutch government said a Swiss national who has since been diagnosed with hantavirus was also one of those who left the cruise at the British Overseas Territory”
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Web search results confirm a passenger who was on the ship for the leg from Ushuaia to St Helena was diagnosed with hantavirus and treated in a Swiss hospital.
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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. The Guardian reports as of 6 M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — Another passenger on the cruise liner MV Hondius has been diagnosed with a hantavirus infection and is being treated in a Swiss hospital. He was on the ship for the first leg (Ushuaia to St Helena ...
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-06-another-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius captain announced the first hantavirus death to passengers before the infectious cause was known. Credit: Sunrise/AP His wife, also Dutch, got off the ship for the repatriation of her h…
https://7news.com.au/news/hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-mv-hond…
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“Two other people died on board the ship, which set sail from Argentina a month ago”
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Sources confirm three total deaths (one Dutch man on board, his wife in South Africa, and a German woman on board on May 2) after the ship departed Argentina.
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web search NEUTRAL — After stopping in Saint Helena, the ship continued on to Ascension Island, where an ill British passenger was removed and flown to South Africa for hospital care.[8] On 2 May, a German woman died on b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — The suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has killed three people and sickened others, has two likely causes — and both are bad news for the 150 passengers on board, exper…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/world-news/the-disgusting-terr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship has now departed for the Canary Islands with almost 150 people on board. Passengers will disembark there. Three passengers aboard the MV Hondius died after the vessel departed Argentina rough…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hantavirus-o…
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“Three others were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday, of British, Dutch and German nationalities”
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Multiple sources confirm three people (British, Dutch, and German) were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday.
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“The British man has been named as 56-year-old Martin Anstee and is in a stable condition”
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The Mirror and other reports identify the British man as Martin Anstee (or Anstree), aged 56, who was airlifted from the ship.
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“The other evacuees were a 41-year-old Dutch crew member and a 65-year-old German, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)”
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Multiple sources, including references to the WHO and the Dutch foreign ministry, confirm the other evacuees were a 41-year-old Dutch crew member/national and a 65-year-old German.
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web search NEUTRAL — The other evacuees were a 41-year-old Dutch crew member and a 65-year-old German, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Facebook Man standing on snow in black outfit with snow-covered wate…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvpzgn26edo
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web search NEUTRAL — Martin Anstree and two others, a 41-year-old Dutch colleague and a 65-year-old German - were airlifted from the MV Hondius on Wednesday. This follows an outbreak of hantavirus linked to a birdwatching…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/im-doctor-what-people-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dutch foreign ministry said the three people evacuated Wednesday were a 41-year-old Dutch national, a 56-year-old British national and a 65-year-old German national. WHO said testing in Senegal co…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/06/world/cruise-ship-han…
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“Oceanwide Expeditions said in an update on Thursday that 30 people, including the body of one of the guests who died, had disembarked on 24 April”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm this specific update from Oceanwide Expeditions regarding 30 people including a body.
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“This included seven British people and six Americans, as well as guests from countries including Canada, Germany, Singapore, Turkey and Switzerland”
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While one source mentions '30 people from 12 nations' and 'seven Britons', the specific breakdown of six Americans and guests from Canada, Germany, Singapore, Turkey, and Switzerland is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence.
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“the first confirmed case of hantavirus was not reported until 4 May”
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“The Dutch luxury cruise liner is set to dock in Spain's Canary Islands in the coming days”
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“The WHO has said eight cases of hantavirus - three confirmed and five suspected - have so far been identified in people who were on board”
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“Officials have said that one of the deceased had the virus, while the other two deaths are under investigation”
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“The Dutch government said the ship stopped at St Helena on its way to Cape Verde”
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“Among those who disembarked was a 69-year-old Dutch woman who left the cruise at St Helena on 24 April, and travelled to South Africa, where she died two days later”
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“Her husband died on board the cruise on 11 April, but is not a confirmed case of hantavirus”
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“before her death she had boarded a KLM flight heading from Johannesburg to the Netherlands, but became ill before its departure”
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“Dutch media reported on Thursday that a KLM flight attendant who had been in contact with the deceased woman had been admitted to hospital in Amsterdam with hantavirus symptoms”
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“The third fatality - a German woman - is not a confirmed case either. Her body remains on the ship”
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“Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency said it was isolating and testing two men - a 67-year-old Singaporean and a 65-year-old permanent resident - who disembarked the ship in St Helena”
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“they had taken the same flight from St Helena to Johannesburg in South Africa as the 69-year-old woman who died”
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“Two US states - Georgia and Arizona - confirmed to the BBC that they are monitoring three passengers who returned to the US after disembarking”
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“St Helena is one of the remotest islands on Earth, at 47sq miles - a third of the size of the Isle of Wight - with a population of about 4,400 and one hospital”
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“Argentina's health ministry has said officials will test rodents in the city of Ushuaia, where the ship set sail from on 1 April”
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