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Two more hantavirus cases reported from MV Hondius cruise ship — agency

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The article reports on an outbreak of hantavirus aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, noting several deaths and new suspected cases among the crew. It details the ship's current status, including a port ban in Cape Verde and efforts to dock in the Canary Islands, while providing a brief medical explanation of the virus.

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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Two more suspected hantavirus cases have been registered onboard the cruise ship MV Hondius”
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Multiple independent sources (TASS, The Independent, and other news reports) confirm that additional suspected hantavirus cases were reported among the crew of the MV Hondius.
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web search NEUTRAL — The two new patients are crew members, citizens of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. They will soon be evacuated from the ship. According to the latest data, three MV Hondius passengers, two Dut…
https://tass.com/society/2126229
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius off Praia, Cape Verde. A married couple from the Netherlands are among three dead from suspected hantavirus. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images.WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of …
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/04/cruise-ship-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantavirus has been confirmed in the case of the 69-year-old UK national who is in intensive care in a hospital in South Africa, and was present in the Dutch woman who died.The MV Hondius vessel is cu…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0294829ndo
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“The two new patients are crew members, citizens of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.”
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TASS and other news reports explicitly state that the two new patients are crew members from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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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 — Two crew members on board the MV Hondius are among those showing symptoms of hantavirus, Oceanwide Expeditions confirmed, as Cape Verdean authorities have yet to authorise their disembarkation or medi…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hantavirus-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — It added there are two crew members - one British and one Dutch - are on board "with acute respiratory symptoms, one mild and one severe", but hantavirus had not been confirmed in the pair. They both …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0294829ndo
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“three MV Hondius passengers, two Dutch and one German nationals, have died of hantavirus.”
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Multiple independent sources (Sky News, The Guardian, and Oceanwide Expeditions via news reports) confirm that three passengers died: a Dutch couple (husband and wife) and one German national.
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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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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 — 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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“One more person is in critical condition in a hospital in Johannesburg.”
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ABS-CBN News, The Nightly, and other reports confirm a 69-year-old UK national is in critical but stable condition in an ICU in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohale said the passenger was 69. "This person is currently being treated in the intensive care unit in Johannesburg and is in a critical but stable condition," said Oceanwide Expeditions. A hantaviru…
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/5/5/health-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The outbreak occurred on MV Hondius, a polar cruise ship run by Oceanwide Expeditions, which was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde.A 69-year-old British national is at a hospital in Johannesburg…
https://thenightly.com.au/world/atlantic-ocean-hantavirus-ou…
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web search NEUTRAL — The operator of the MV Hondius ship, Oceanwide Expeditions, said a Dutch husband and wife, as well as a German national, had died. Hantavirus has been confirmed in the case of the 69-year-old UK natio…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0294829ndo
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“The cruise liner with about 150 passengers, mostly US, British, Spanish, and Dutch nationals, sailed off from Argentina’s Ushuaia three weeks ago and is heading to the Canary Islands.”
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The provided web search results for this specific claim are irrelevant (discussing music videos/MV) and do not provide information regarding the ship's passenger demographics or itinerary.
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web search NEUTRAL — 抱歉题主，手机党不能发图。 我就简单回忆下以前看过印象深刻mv吧。 1，blue的u make me wanna。我就是冲着blue去的，虽然是各种耍帅，但是歌好人靓场景很holywood的，所以年少时特别喜欢。 2，火星哥的just the way you are ，非常有创意，并且很甜蜜。 3，说到帅哥不得不提how to be a heartbreaker 了，歌名不大 ...
https://www.zhihu.com/question/21064835
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web search NEUTRAL — 没有官方水印的，我目前还不知道。 但我个人觉得 音悦台 还是不错的。 你也可以选择 微博国际版，搜MV，发现没水印，就直接下载。 不过清不清晰又是另一回事了。
https://www.zhihu.com/question/316695850
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web search NEUTRAL — 全球音乐MV推荐～它每天推送一首国内外金典MV
https://www.zhihu.com/question/316695850/answers/updated
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“the MV Hondius has approached Cape Verde but has been banned from calling at the capital city’s port.”
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Multiple sources (MSN, EFE, and other news reports) confirm the MV Hondius was refused permission to dock in Cape Verde and remained anchored off the coast of Praia.
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web search NEUTRAL — The luxury MV Hondius cruise ship at the center of a deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak has been refused permission to dock in the West African island nation of Cape Verde, officials said Monday.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/world-news/mv-hondius-cruise-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Passengers and crew desperately hunkered down in isolation on a ship stuck off Cape Verde on Monday, after local authorities barred it from docking following the death of three people in a ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/passengers-isolating-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius is anchored off the coast of the city of Praia on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde, 04 May 2026, after three people died onboard from an acute respiratory syndrome.
https://efe.com/english/latest-news/2026-05-04/hantavirus-cr…
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“Hantaviruses are a family of viruses which can cause serious, even fatal illnesses, such as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).”
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Authoritative health sources (CDC, GOV.UK) confirm that hantaviruses cause HPS (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome) and HFRS (Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome).
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web search NEUTRAL — Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a group of clinically similar illnesses caused by hantaviruses found mostly in Europe and Asia.Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). HPS is a severe and …
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index.html
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web search NEUTRAL — haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Transmission. Each hantavirus is specific to a different rodent host.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hantaviruses
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantaviruses can cause two types of infections in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The old world hantaviruses, primarily Hantaan virus (HTNV), re…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35384417/
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“People can catch hantavirus from contact with rodents, especially when exposed to their urine, droppings, and saliva.”
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Authoritative health sources (CDC, Florida Department of Health) confirm that hantavirus is transmitted via contact with rodent urine, droppings, and saliva.
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web search NEUTRAL — People get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice, especially when exposed to their urine, droppings, and saliva. It can also spread through a bite or scratch by a rodent, but this is…
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Humans are mainly infected by inhaling aerosols contaminated by the saliva, droppings or urine of animals or through direct contact with faeces, or via bites or scratches.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260504-what-is-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. People get get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice, especially when exposed to their urine, droppings, and saliva. It can also spread through a bite …
https://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/diseas…
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