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Three evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock

The Guardian · · 1025 words · By Jamie Grierson
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“Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Guardian, Al Jazeera) confirm that three people with suspected hantavirus were medically evacuated from the MV Hondius.
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“They include a British man who was an expedition guide onboard the ship, the MV Hondius. He was named on Wednesday evening as Martin Anstee, 56.”
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The Guardian and other reports identify Martin Anstee, 56, a British expedition guide, as one of the evacuated individuals.
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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. On 11 April, a passenge…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — Martin is an American television sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992, to May 1, 1997. The show stars comedian Martin Lawrence as the titular character.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_(TV_series)
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web search NEUTRAL — Glenn L. Martin Company, an aircraft manufacturer, later Martin Marietta and finally merged into Lockheed Martin Martin Audio, an audio equipment company, now a subsidiary of Focusrite
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“Anstee was removed from the vessel along with a Dutch colleague, 41, who was the ship’s doctor, and a 65-year-old German passenger, the Telegraph reported.”
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The Guardian and other web results confirm the evacuation of Martin Anstee, a 41-year-old Dutch colleague (ship's doctor), and a 65-year-old German passenger.
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web search NEUTRAL — Martin Anstee was taken ill onboard the MV Hondius. Photograph: Facebook. Anstee was removed from the vessel along with a Dutch colleague, 41, who was the ship’s doctor, and a 65-year-old German passe…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions said the 65-year-old German evacuee was "closely associated" with a German woman who died on board the ship on 2 May.A 41-year-old Dutch crew member is also among those who have …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko
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web search NEUTRAL — Alongside Martin, a 41-year-old Dutch passenger and a 65-year-old German passenger were also removed from the ship Wednesday.
https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/07/hantavirus-cruise-ship-passen…
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“The three were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.”
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Multiple sources confirm the MV Hondius is a Dutch-flagged ship and that patients were evacuated to the Netherlands.
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web search NEUTRAL — Infected people aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, have started to be evacuated from the ship and brought to hospitals in Europe. Two patients have landed…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world/hantavirus-cruise-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — An aerial view of the MV Hondius Dutch cruise ship anchored in the Atlantic off Cape Verde, Tuesday, May 5, 2026.Three passengers have died and at least five people have been sickened by hantavirus on…
https://www.tampabay28.com/news/national-news/who-says-3-sus…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. They include a British man who was an expedition guide onboard the ship, the MV Hondius. He was named on Wednes…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-ha…
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“The WHO said there were eight cases, five of them confirmed.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions of the word 'reported' and does not contain any actual data from the WHO regarding the number of cases.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of REPORT is common talk or an account spread by common talk : rumor. How to use report in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reported
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web search NEUTRAL — Announcing, informing & stating (Definition of reported from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reported
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web search NEUTRAL — To return after deliberation to a legislative body for action: The committee reported the new tax bill out.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/reported
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“The ship, with close to 150 people onboard, can continue on its three-day journey to the Canary Islands after Spanish authorities gave permission for the vessel to dock.”
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The Guardian and other sources mention the ship's journey to the Canary Islands and the permission to dock, while other sources mention the approximate 150 passengers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. They include a British man who was an expedition guide onboard the ship, the MV Hondius.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Emergency crews have evacuated three people from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, the United Nations’ health agency says, as experts confirm it to be a rare strain that can be transm…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/6/canary-islands-refus…
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web search NEUTRAL — The goal for the MV Hondius’ roughly 150 passengers, according to Davis, should be to move them off the ship and into a quarantine facility on land – though doing so “depends on if someplace will even…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/world-news/health-experts-sugg…
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“The ship was anchored off Cape Verde while arrangements were put in place to evacuate the crew members”
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A web search result explicitly describes an aerial view of the MV Hondius anchored in the Atlantic off Cape Verde on May 5, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — MV Transportation, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, [2] is the largest privately owned passenger transportation contracting services firm in the United States.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Transportation
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web search NEUTRAL — The abbreviation MV stands for Meccanica (mechanics) Verghera, the hamlet where the first MVs were made. The modern headquarters and main production facilities are located in Varese, Italy on the shor…
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web search NEUTRAL — Look up MV, mv, Mv, mV, or .mv in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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“An aircraft carrying two of the three individuals taken from the ship landed in the Netherlands late on Wednesday, the tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions said.”
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Oceanwide Expeditions is cited by multiple sources stating that two of the evacuated individuals arrived in the Netherlands via aircraft on Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three cruise passengers suspected of hantavirus infection are being evacuated to the Netherlands.It will take several days for the Hondius to reach Tenerife. Oceanwide Expeditions stated on Wednesday …
https://dutchtimes.nl/news/world/three-potentially-infected-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship. They include a British man who was an expedition guide onboard the ship, the MV Hondius. He was named on Wednes…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/cruise-ship-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Two people in a serious condition who were evacuated from a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of deadly hantavirus have arrived in the Netherlands for treatment, operator Oceanwide Expeditions has…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y093d5n9ko
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“A Dutch couple and a German national who were on the ship have died.”
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Multiple independent cross-references (Al Jazeera, NY Post, Deutsche Welle) confirm the deaths of a Dutch couple and a German national.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — three passengers – a Dutch couple and a German national – had died
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/6/canary-islands-refus…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three passengers — including a Dutch couple and a German national — died and at least eight others fell ill aboard the MV Hondius after contracting the virus during an expedition run by Netherlands-ba…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/california-under-scope…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — three people — a Dutch couple and a German national — died following the suspected hantavirus outbreak
https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/world-news/cruise-passenger-br…
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“Two people who returned to the UK independently having been onboard the ship had been advised to isolate, the UKHSA said.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding the UKHSA and the two individuals returning to the UK.
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“Authorities in Switzerland said a former passenger who tested positive was being treated at a Zurich hospital.”
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“The passenger had left the ship at St Helena”
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“the Andes strain, which has spread in South America, including Argentina, where the cruise trip started in March.”
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“the ship, which departed on 1 April from South America for stops in Antarctica and several remote Atlantic islands.”
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“South Africa’s health ministry said 62 contacts had been identified, including flight crew and healthcare workers.”
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“Two Argentinian officials investigating the origins of the outbreak said the government’s leading hypothesis is that a Dutch couple contracted the virus while birdwatching in the city of Ushuaia before boarding.”
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“Cape Verde was meant to be the ship’s final destination but the country off west Africa has not allowed the vessel to put passengers ashore because of the outbreak.”
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“Late on Tuesday, the Spanish health ministry said it had been asked by the WHO and the EU to accept the MV Hondius and had agreed”
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