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Nations race to trace passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

South China Morning Post · · 240 words · By Reuters
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“29 passengers left the MV Hondius in St Helena on April 24”
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There is a conflict between sources regarding the number of passengers. UPI and other reports cite 29 passengers, while MedPage Today cites 30, and the Dutch government cites around 40.
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web search NEUTRAL — The company said the passengers disembarked the MV Hondius on April 24 in Saint Helena, more than three weeks after initially setting sail with 149 people from Ushuaia, Argentina.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/05/07/netherlan…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nearly 40 passengers scattered across multiple countries after disembarking from the MV Hondius cruise ship, the site of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, without contact tracing, officials said.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/officials-race-find-40-passen…
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web search NEUTRAL — A total of 30 passengers disembarked the MV Hondius at St. Helena on April 24, several sources confirmed to MedPage Today. There are about seven Americans who disembarked at that time and have ...
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/1211…
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“Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, and other web search results) confirm that three people died: a Dutch couple and a German national.
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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 — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 7 May 2026, the ship has set sail for Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, after the Spanish Ministry of …
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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“Five of the eight suspected hantavirus cases have now been confirmed, according to the World Health Organization”
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Multiple sources report that the WHO confirmed five of the eight suspected cases as hantavirus (specifically Andes virus).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MV Anastasis was a 159-metre (521 ft 8 in), 11,695 GRT hospital ship owned and operated by the humanitarian organization Mercy Ships. Formerly named Victoria, an Italian ocean liner built in 1953, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Anastasis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mercy Ships is an international charity-based non-governmental organization that operates the largest non-governmental hospital ships in the world, providing surgical care and surgical education in Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Ships
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Progesterone vaginal ring, also known as progesterone-only vaginal ring, is a form of vaginal ring used for birth control when breastfeeding. Use can begin at four weeks and continue for at least up t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progesterone_vaginal_ring
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“The vessel’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said 29 passengers left the ship on April 24 on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena”
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Multiple sources (The Guardian, MSN, and other web results) confirm that the operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, stated 29 passengers left the ship on April 24 at St Helena.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate. Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See: list of ocean li…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cruise_ships
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship's operator said 29 passengers, of at least 12 different nationalities, left the MV Hondius on April 24. The Dutch government gave a different figure of 40.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/world/2026-05-07-race-to-tra…
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“The Dutch government said around 40 passengers had disembarked there”
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Multiple sources (Euronews, TRT World, WJCT News) confirm the Dutch government stated around 40 passengers disembarked at St Helena.
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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 — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 7 May 2026, the ship has set sail for Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, after the Spanish Ministry of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — The passengers left the MV Hondius during a stop at the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena, according to the Dutch foreign ministry. Among them was the wife of a 70-year-old Dutch passenger wh…
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/07/40-passengers-lef…
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“The people who left the ship to return to their home countries were of at least 12 different nationalities, Oceanwide Expeditions said”
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Multiple sources report that Oceanwide Expeditions stated the disembarking passengers were of at least 12 different nationalities.
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web search NEUTRAL — The people who left the ship at St. Helena to return to their home countries were of at least 12 different nationalities, Oceanwide Expeditions said. It said there were also two people whose nationali…
https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/dozens-passengers-left-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions said 29 passengers, of at least 12 different nationalities, left the MV Hondius on 24 April. The Dutch government gave a different figure of 40. Health authorities are now ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/race-to-trace-passenger…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 29 passengers disembarked from one of its cruise ships hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24.
https://www.ksl.com/article/51494336/dozens-of-passengers-le…
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“there were also two people whose nationalities were unknown”
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Only one specific web search result mentioning the 12 nationalities also mentions that two people's nationalities were unknown. Other sources do not mention this detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two is a noun when it refers to the number two as in two plus two is four. The word two is derived from the Old English words twā (feminine), tū (neuter), and twēġen (masculine, which survives today i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of TWO is being one more than one in number. How to use two in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 18, 2026 · From Middle English two, twa, from Old English twā, feminine and neuter of twēġen (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *d…
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/two
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“One of those to disembark was the wife of the Dutchman who had died aboard the ship on April 11”
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Multiple sources confirm that the wife of the Dutchman who died on April 11 disembarked at St Helena on April 24.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius.One of those to disembark was the wife of the Dutchman who had died aboard the ship on April 11. She fell s…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3352775/natio…
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web search NEUTRAL — The company that operates the cruise ship struck by the hantavirus said that no passengers showing symptoms have remained on board. It also said 30 guests had disembarked on Saint Helena on April 24.
https://www.dw.com/en/hantavirus-cruise-company-says-no-symp…
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web search NEUTRAL — A 69-year-old Dutch man died on 11 April while on board - his body, and his wife, disembarked on St Helena on 24 April. The wife of the deceased Dutch man, also 69, became unwell on her return journey…
https://news.sky.com/story/three-dead-as-virus-breaks-out-on…
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“She fell sick herself and died before she could reach the Netherlands”
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Web search results confirm that the wife of the deceased Dutch man became unwell on her return journey and died before reaching the Netherlands.
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“Dutch airline KLM on Wednesday said it had taken the woman off a plane in Johannesburg on April 25 due to her deteriorating medical condition”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results specifically mentioning KLM removing a woman from a plane in Johannesburg on April 25.
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