Video. Deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak explained in under 3 minutes
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“A deadly hantavirus outbreak has unfolded aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius”
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The claim is directly confirmed by multiple Wikipedia entries and web search results stating that a hantavirus outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius in April 2026.
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— Hondius can refer to two possibly unrelated families of engravers and cartographers, who both moved from Flanders to the Dutch Republic in the 1590s:
Amsterdam family originating from Ghent:
Jodocus …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondius
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— Hondius is an expedition and cruise ship which is currently involved in an outbreak of hantavirus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius
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— Since April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus has been identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. As of 6 May 2026, it is anchored off the coast of Praia, Cape Verde, there have been five confirmed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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“leaving three passengers dead”
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Multiple independent sources confirm three deaths. The Wikipedia entry for 'MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak' explicitly mentions three deaths, and a web search result citing the WHO also reports 3 dead.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_(company)
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https://www.three.co.uk/
https://www.three.co.uk/
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“several others infected”
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The Wikipedia entry for 'MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak' confirms there have been five confirmed cases and three suspected cases in addition to the deaths, corroborating that several others were infected.
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— MULTIPLE definition: 1. very many of the same type, or of different types: 2. a number that can be divided by a smaller…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/multiple
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/multiple
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— The meaning of MULTIPLE is consisting of, including, or involving more than one. How to use multiple in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiple
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiple
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— You use multiple to describe things that consist of many parts, involve many people, or have many uses. He died of multiple injuries. The most common multiple births are twins, two babies born at the …
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/multipl…
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/multipl…
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