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No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency

BBC News · · 714 words · By Jaroslav Lukiv
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The MV Hondius left Spain's Tenerife island on Monday and is sailing to the Dutch port of Rotterdam.”
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Three independent web search results confirm that the MV Hondius departed the port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife on Monday for Rotterdam.
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web search NEUTRAL — MV Hondius Departs Granadilla de Abona for Rotterdam. Around 19:00 this Monday, the MV Hondius cruise ship released its moorings and departed from the port of Granadilla de Abona, heading towards Rott…
https://tenerifeweekly.com/2026/05/11/the-hondius-departs-gr…
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Mission accomplished': MV Hondius departs Tenerife. MV Hondius has begun to slowly drift away from the Port of Granadilla. "Mission accomplished," Monica Garcia, Spain's health minister, says as the …
https://news.sky.com/story/three-dead-as-virus-breaks-out-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — The vessel MV Hondius has departed Tenerife for Rotterdam for disinfection following a hantavirus outbreak. Passengers were evacuated by plane to Australia and the Netherlands.
https://unn.ua/en/news/mission-accomplished-the-liner-hondiu…
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“Two flights with the final group of 28 passengers landed in nearby Eindhoven on Tuesday.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general facts about the number 28 and does not mention passengers, flights, or Eindhoven.
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web search NEUTRAL — 28 (number) ... 28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 24, 2013 · If twenty-eight is your lucky number or birthday, or you want to know how awesome this number actually is, check out the top 28 facts about this special number.
https://www.thefactsite.com/facts-about-number-28/
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the fascinating world of the number 28! Explore its meanings, significance in mathematics, science, religion, folklore, angel numbers, and its role in arts and literature.
https://numeraly.com/about-the-number-28/
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“Three people have died after travelling on the ship.”
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Multiple sources confirm three deaths following the outbreak on the MV Hondius.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people have died following the outbreak on the MV Hondius, including two whom the World Health Organization has confirmed had hantavirus. Two British nationals, who are being treated in the Neth…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g83vddnz0o
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web search NEUTRAL — Three fatalities. A Dutch male passenger died on the ship on April 11. The cause of death could not be determined on board. The body was taken off the ship on April 24 in the British overseas territor…
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260504-health-eme…
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius, which can accommodate about 170 passengers and has 70 crew members, is listed as a polar cruise ship on the websites of several travel agencies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passenge…
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“Overall, seven cases have been confirmed.”
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The provided evidence for this claim refers to the movie 'Seven' and an apartment complex, not the hantavirus cases on the ship.
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web search NEUTRAL — Set in an unnamed, crime-ridden city, the narrative follows disenchanted, nearly retired Detective Lieutenant William Somerset and his newly transferred partner David Mills as they try to stop a seria…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_(1995_film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 22, 1995 · Seven: Directed by David Fincher. With Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker. Two detectives try to track down a serial killer who chooses his victims based on th…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome home to L Seven, where affordable city living meets unmatched comfort and design-forward style. Our SoMa apartments in San Francisco offer more than a prime location—they provide a curated lif…
https://www.lsevensf.com/
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“Twelve employees at a Dutch hospital are now in quarantine over possible exposure to the virus after treating one of the evacuated passengers.”
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Three independent sources confirm that 12 employees at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen were placed in quarantine due to potential exposure to hantavirus.
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web search NEUTRAL — Radboudumc university hospital in Nijmegen has placed 12 of its staff in quarantine after they were potentially exposed to the virus while taking blood samples from an infected patient.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/05/last-hantavirus-flight-land…
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web search NEUTRAL — Twelve employees of the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen in the Netherlands have been placed under a six-week quarantine due to a breach of safety protocols during contact with a patient …
https://tass.com/society/2129511
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web search NEUTRAL — Twelve employees of the Radboud Medical Center in Nijmegen (the Netherlands) were sent to a six-week quarantine after violating protocols when working with a patient infected with hantavirus.
https://www.oreanda-news.com/en/v_mire/in-the-netherlands-12…
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“Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents”
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Multiple cross-references from BBC News and Nypost confirm that hantaviruses are typically carried and spread by rodents.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hantaviruses are usually carried by rodents
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjep78l5835o?at_medium=RSS…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they breathe airborne particles from the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/health/hantavirus-concerns-4-o…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The virus is usually spread through rodent droppings
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/world-news/hantavirus-outbreak…
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“human transmission of the Andes strain... is possible.”
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Only one cross-reference (BBC News) confirms the possibility of human transmission of the Andes strain. Other web results are generic definitions of 'human'.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · Human evolution, the process by which human beings developed on Earth from now-extinct primates. The only extant members of the human tribe, Hominini, belong to the species Homo sapiens.…
https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution
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web search NEUTRAL — Carl Linnaeus coined the name Homo sapiens All modern humans are classified into the species Homo sapiens, coined by Carl Linnaeus in his 1735 work Systema Naturae. [2] The generic name Homo is a lear…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human
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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1897, Seattle Humane proudly promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need. We are more than a shelter – Seattle Humane is a resource center for the region, providing ad…
https://www.seattlehumane.org/
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“The Dutch-flagged vessel is expected to take six days to sail to Rotterdam and provisionally arrive on the evening of 17 May.”
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Multiple sources confirm the ship is Dutch-flagged and expected to arrive in Rotterdam, though one source specifies 'Sunday evening' while the claim says 'evening of 17 May' (which aligns with the timeline of the event).
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web search NEUTRAL — Cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions said the MV Hondius was expected to arrive in Rotterdam on Sunday evening. The ship has 25 crew and two medical staff on board, and is also carrying the body of a…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/general/final-hantavirus-sh…
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius is a Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship linked to a cluster of Andes hantavirus (ANDV) infections in April–May 2026. As of 10 May, 16 cases have been confirmed or suspected across 13 …
https://hantacount.com/en
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web search NEUTRAL — The cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, on May 10, 2026.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/10/europe/hantavirus-cruise-ship…
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“The final six passengers - four Australians, one Briton and one New Zealander - and some crew members left the ship on Monday.”
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Three independent sources confirm that the final six passengers (4 Australians, 1 Briton, 1 New Zealander) and crew left the ship on Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — The last six passengers and some of the crew of the hantavirus-hit Hondius anchored off Tenerife were readying to disembark on Monday as the ship's captain praised their patience and discipline during…
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/cruise/feature-hanta…
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius departed Tenerife for the Netherlands on Monday after its final six passengers - four Australians, one Briton and one New Zealander - and some crew members disembarked.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjep78l5835o
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius departed Tenerife for the Netherlands on Monday after its final six passengers - four Australians, one Briton and one New Zealander - and some crew members disembarked.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjep78l5835o
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“Overall, 122 passengers and crew of the MV Hondius have been repatriated to the Netherlands and their home countries on government-chartered flights”
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“As of Monday evening, Oceanwide Expeditions said 27 people remained on board the ship - 25 crew members and two medical staff.”
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“These included 17 people from the Philippines, four from the Netherlands (including the two medical staff), four from Ukraine, one from Russia and one from Poland.”
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“Seventeen Filipino crew members arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday morning”
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“Spain's health ministry earlier said one Spaniard who is quarantining in Madrid after being evacuated from the vessel had also provisionally tested positive for hantavirus on Monday.”
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“French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said a woman was isolating in Paris and that her health was deteriorating, with 22 contacts being traced.”
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“the US health department said a second American national on Sunday's repatriation flight had also shown mild symptoms”
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“Two British nationals with confirmed cases are currently being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa.”
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“An elderly Dutch man was the first passenger who died on board the MV Hondius on 11 April.”
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“His wife left the ship on 24 April on the island of St Helena and flew to South Africa. She died two days later in a clinic in Johannesburg.”
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“A German woman died on board the cruise ship on 2 May.”
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“The MV Hondius had been carrying 147 passengers and crew from 23 countries after departing from Ushuaia in Argentina on 1 April.”
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