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Spain reports new hantavirus case as outbreak grows to 11

South China Morning Post · · 212 words · By Associated Press
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“Spain reports new hantavirus case as outbreak grows to 11”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Spain reported a new hantavirus case and that the total count grew to 11.
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web search NEUTRAL — Spain, [g] officially the Kingdom of Spain, [h] is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. [i] Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the larg…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Spain, country located in extreme southwestern Europe. It occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its smaller neighbor Portugal. Spain is a storied country…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 18, 2023 · Spain is located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its western neighbor, Portugal. To the north, it borders France and Andorra, with the Pyrenees mou…
https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/spain
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“A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus”
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Multiple sources confirm a Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship tested positive for the virus.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Spain’s Ministry of Health has announced, with the World Health Organizatio…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/12/spain-reports-new-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands.
https://apnews.com/article/hantavirus-cruise-ship-hondius-te…
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web search NEUTRAL — The last passengers have left the hantavirus-hit cruise ship, as authorities confirmed three new positive cases linked to the deadly outbreak.British passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolati…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjep78l5835o
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“the World Health Organization said it has now confirmed 11 cases, including three people from the cruise who died”
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Multiple sources, including reports citing the WHO, confirm 11 cases and 3 deaths.
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web search NEUTRAL — A Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus, Spain’s health ministry announced on Tuesday as the World Health Organizati…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3353299/spain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius stricken by the Andes variant of hantavirus are being evacuated home, including 18 Americans who were flown to a military base in Omaha and then to U.S. medi…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/05/11/map-of-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Update on #hantavirus: As of 12 May, 12h00 CEST, a total of 11 cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported. Nine of the 11 cases are confirmed, and the other 2 are probable. All are among passengers…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“The passenger with the new confirmed case of hantavirus was in quarantine in a military hospital in Madrid”
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Multiple sources explicitly state the patient was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid.
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web search NEUTRAL — This marks the first confirmed case in Spain linked to the MV Hondius outbreak. According to an official statement, "the patient who previously tested provisionally positive has now been confirmed as …
https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/328966
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web search NEUTRAL — The passenger with the latest confirmed hantavirus case was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid.The director of the World Health Organization, who was in Madrid, said confirmed and suspecte…
https://www.ktiv.com/2026/05/12/spain-reports-new-hantavirus…
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web search NEUTRAL — The passenger with the new confirmed case of hantavirus was in quarantine in a military hospital in Madrid, where 13 other Spanish nationals evacuated on Sunday – who all tested negative for the virus…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3353299/spain…
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“13 other Spanish nationals evacuated on Sunday – who all tested negative for the virus – also are staying [in the military hospital in Madrid]”
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Multiple sources confirm that 13 other Spanish nationals were evacuated to the same military hospital in Madrid and tested negative.
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web search NEUTRAL — The passenger with the new confirmed case of hantavirus was in quarantine in a military hospital in Madrid, where 13 other Spanish nationals evacuated Sunday — who all tested negative for the virus — …
https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/spain-reports-new-hanta…
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web search NEUTRAL — The first plane carrying passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship departed from Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will go to a military hospital.
https://wgntv.com/news/ap-hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship-ar…
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web search NEUTRAL — The passenger was quarantined in the same hospital as 13 other Spanish nationals evacuated Sunday, who all tested negative for the virus. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Madrid…
https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/spain-reports-new-hanta…
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“the MV Hondius is now sailing back to the Netherlands, where it will be cleaned and disinfected”
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Multiple sources confirm the MV Hondius is returning to the Netherlands for cleaning and disinfection.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship returns to the Netherlands for cleaning.Spain’s health ministry said on Tuesday that one Spanish passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius has tested positive for hantavirus. The World Health O…
https://www.goodreturns.in/news/hantavirus-outbreak-mv-hondi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said.Once all the passengers have left the ship, the Hondius will sail to the Netherlands to be di…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/world/africa/hantavirus-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius has been evacuated and returned to the Netherlands for thorough cleaning and disinfection. Additionally, Dutch health authorities have placed 12 hospital staff members in quarantine aft…
https://newsaddicts.com/panic-amidst-rising-hantavirus-cases…
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“all 11 confirmed cases are among passengers or crew of the MV Hondius cruise ship”
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Multiple sources confirm that all 11 cases were among passengers or crew of the MV Hondius.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ALL is the whole amount, quantity, or extent of. How to use all in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of All.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all
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web search NEUTRAL — ALL meaning: 1. every one (of), or the complete amount or number (of), or the whole (of): 2. the only thing…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/all
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web search NEUTRAL — 29 meanings: 1. a. the whole quantity or amount of; totality of; every one of a class b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or.... Click for more definitions.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/all
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“Nine of the 11 cases have been confirmed as the Andes virus”
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Multiple sources, including reports of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirm 9 of the 11 cases were the Andes virus.
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web search NEUTRAL — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference that nine of the 11 cases have been identified as the Andes virus, a rare strain that can spread between people but is mor…
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/mv-hondius-dutch-cruise-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nine of the 11 cases have been confirmed as the Andes virus. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (left) and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus brief the media in Ma…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3353299/spain…
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web search NEUTRAL — The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 11 cases of hantavirus, all linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship.Nine of the 11 confirmed cases have been identified as the Andes virus.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/hantavirus-cases…
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