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WHO says 12th person infected with hantavirus detected in the Netherlands

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 422 words · By AFP
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WHO says 12th person infected with hantavirus detected in the Netherlands WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged all countries to monitor passengers who were on the MV Hondius cruise ship.

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What happened

WHO says 12th person infected with hantavirus detected in the Netherlands WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged all countries to monitor passengers who were on the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Why it matters

The World Health Organization has urged countries to continue monitoring passengers for hantavirus after a case was detected among a Dutch crew member of the ship at the centre of the outbreak.

Common ground

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief, told a news conference in Geneva on Friday that he urges all countries to monitor the passengers who were on board the MV Hondius cruise ship and “move carefully for the remainder of the quarantine period”.

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Claim 1: “The initial cruise ship had departed on April 1 from Ushuaia, Argentina, before heading to Cape Verde and then Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.”
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Claim 2: “no deaths have been reported since May 2, when the outbreak was first reported to the WHO.”
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Two separate cross-references from EuroNews confirm that no further deaths have been recorded since May 2, the date the outbreak was reported.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — no further deaths have been recorded since 2 May, the date on which the outbreak was first reported to the agency
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/22/who-confirms-12-h…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — no new deaths have been reported since 2 May, the date on which the outbreak was first notified to the agency.
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/22/spain-lets-hantav…
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Claim 3: “the Andes strain is the only known strain capable of spreading from human to human.”
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Claim 4: “The Andes virus has been detected in one person who was in quarantine in the Netherlands.”
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Web search results explicitly state that the strain detected on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship is the Andes virus, which is known for limited human-to-human transmission.
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web search NEUTRAL — The strain of hantavirus detected on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship is the Andes virus. It has been found in Latin America and is the only hantavirus known to be capable of limited human-to-human trans…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/confirms-five-cases-hant…
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web search NEUTRAL — A passenger of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is pictured while leaving by military bus after disembarking in the port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/rat-virus-netherlands-quaranti…
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web search NEUTRAL — A hospital in the Netherlands treating a patient with hantavirus has quarantined 12 of its staff – a preventative measure. The University Medical Centre in the city of Nijmegen linked the decision for…
https://glob-news.com/en/in-the-netherlands-12-hospital-work…
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Claim 5: “two separate laboratories confirmed the positive test.”
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Claim 6: “More than 600 contacts continue to be followed in 30 countries”
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EuroNews reports that more than 600 possible contacts in 30 countries are still being monitored.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — My 600-lb Life is an American reality television series that has aired on the TLC television network from 2012 to 2025. Each episode follows a year in the life of morbidly obese individuals, who usua…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_600-lb_Life
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article provides access to lists of mountains in Britain and Ireland by height and by prominence. (See Lists of mountains below.) Height and prominence are the most important metrics for the clas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airbus A340 is a long-range, wide-body passenger airliner that was developed and produced by Airbus. In the mid-1970s, Airbus conceived several derivatives of the A300, its first airliner, and dev…
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Claim 7: “WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged all countries to monitor passengers who were on the MV Hondius cruise ship.”
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The provided evidence consists of IMDb links for a 1998 TV movie and is completely irrelevant to the WHO or the MV Hondius.
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web search NEUTRAL — Natural History of an Alien (TV Movie 1998) - Parents guide and Certifications from around the world.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1317483/parentalguide/
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web search NEUTRAL — Natural History of an Alien (TV Movie 1998) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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web search NEUTRAL — Natural History of an Alien (TV Movie 1998) - Official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more.
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Claim 8: “Dutch authorities also confirmed that the infected crew member had been taken to hospital.”
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Daily Mail Online and other web results confirm that the infected Dutch crew member was repatriated and admitted to a hospital as a precaution.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch hospital quarantines 12 staff after hantavirus protocols were not followed with infected patient.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2607650/planes-with-hantavirus-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Dutch flight attendant has been hospitalized with possible hantavirus after coming into contact with an individual infected on board the MV Hondius cruise ship, as two other passengers are also unde…
https://www.newsweek.com/hantavirus-outbreak-latest-dutch-fl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dutch health authorities confirmed the new case after the infected crew member was repatriated from Tenerife, Spain.'The patient has since been admitted to the hospital as a precaution and is in isola…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15841017/Rat-virus-cr…
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Claim 9: “WHO says 12th person infected with hantavirus detected in the Netherlands”
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The provided web search results for this claim are generic definitions of 'world' and 'BBC News' and do not contain any information regarding a 12th hantavirus case in the Netherlands.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of WORLD is the earthly state of human existence. How to use world in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world
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web search NEUTRAL — Get all the latest news, live updates and content about the World from across the BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world
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web search NEUTRAL — The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. [1] The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the wo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World
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Claim 10: “Tedros said a Dutch crew member had tested positive and was now in isolation, taking the total positive cases to 12.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic Wikipedia entries for 'TotalEnergies', 'The', and 'List of presidents of the United States', which provide no information about hantavirus cases.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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Claim 11: “So far, three people have died due to the virus.”
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Five independent news sources (Nypost, NBC Washington, Daily Maverick, BBC News, and Wikipedia) all confirm that three people died in connection with the outbreak.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three people connected to the outbreak have died.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/18/world-news/canada-confirms-han…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three people have died.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Three of those people have died, officials said, including two who died while aboard the ship
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/ha…
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Claim 12: “everyone who had evacuated from the Dutch-flagged ship to the Netherlands is tested every week”
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While web results mention passengers being evacuated to the Netherlands and testing negative, there is no specific evidence confirming a 'weekly' testing schedule for everyone evacuated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three suspected hantavirus patients were evacuated from the stranded MV Hondius and sent to the Netherlands for treatment. The transfer came as authorities tracked deaths, fresh infections and a rare …
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/hantavirus-outbreak-mv…
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web search NEUTRAL — All MV Hondius passengers evacuated to the Netherlands test negative for hantavirus.
https://dutchreview.com/news/mv-hondius-passengers-test-nega…
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web search NEUTRAL — Follow the Post’s live updates for the latest news on the hantavirus outbreak. Authorities are scrambling to contain the illness across the world after cases have been identified among passengers on t…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/world-news/hantavirus-outbreak…
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Claim 13: “a case was detected among a Dutch crew member of the ship at the centre of the outbreak.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms an outbreak of hantavirus (Andes virus) on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius in April 2026. Web results also mention a Dutch crew member being repatriated and hospitalized.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jodocus Hondius (Latinised version of his Dutch name: Joost de Hondt) (17 October 1563 – 12 February 1612) was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodocus_Hondius
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MV Hondius is a Dutch expedition cruise ship owned by Oceanwide Expeditions, based in the Netherlands. Built by Brodosplit in Split, Croatia, the vessel entered service in 2019 and operates primarily …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection caused by the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. There were ten confirmed cases and two suspected cases directly linked …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak
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