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WHO warns ‘more cases’ of cruise ship hantavirus coming

RT News · · 442 words · By Russia Today
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“World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that “we might see more cases” of the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus emerge in the coming days, after an 11th case was recorded.”
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The specific quote and the context of the 11th case are reported by multiple news sources including RT World News and others in the web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The director-general of the World Health Organization is the chief executive officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the principal advisor to the United Nations on matters pertaining to glo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director-General_of_the_World_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ge'ez: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; born 3 March 1965) is an Ethiopian public health official, researcher, diplomat, and the director-general o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedros_Adhanom_Ghebreyesus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WHO Goodwill Ambassador is an official honorary title that is granted to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. WHO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advoc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Goodwill_Ambassador
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“The virus has killed three people who left Argentina on a cruise ship last month, and infected eight others.”
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Multiple sources confirm a cluster of hantavirus on a cruise ship departing Argentina, with three deaths reported.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 2 May 2026, a cluster of passengers with severe respiratory illness aboard a cruise ship was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). At that time, according to the ship operator, 147 passe…
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2…
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web search NEUTRAL — The cruise ship departed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, 2026, and traveled across the South Atlantic Ocean, stopping at several remote locations, including Antarctica, South Georgia Island, Tris…
https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/notices/han00528.html
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web search NEUTRAL — A deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean poses a low global public health risk and is "not the start of another COVID pandemic", the World Health Organization (WHO) said…
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167458
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“The most recent case was confirmed by the Spanish Health Ministry on Tuesday, and involves a passenger who had been quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid after traveling on the ship.”
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Multiple sources (Reuters, SANA, and other news reports) confirm the Spanish Health Ministry reported a case involving a passenger quarantined in a Madrid military hospital.
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web search NEUTRAL — The passenger with the latest confirmed hantavirus case was in quarantine at a military hospital in Madrid. Other Spanish nationals taken from the cruise ship to the same hospital have all tested nega…
https://www.ktiv.com/2026/05/12/spain-reports-new-hantavirus…
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web search NEUTRAL — 12 (SANA) Spain’s Health Ministry said Monday that a passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship to Madrid tested positive for hantavirus while under quarantine, according to a ministry statem…
https://sana.sy/en/health/2316218/
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web search NEUTRAL — Spain's health ministry said one Spaniard who is quarantining in Madrid after being evacuated from the vessel had also provisionally tested positive for hantavirus on Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjep78l5835o
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“Ghebreyesus thanked Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for showing “compassion and solidarity” by allowing the ship, the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, to dock at Spain’s Canary Islands on Monday.”
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Multiple sources confirm the MV Hondius (Dutch-flagged) docked in Tenerife, Canary Islands, after receiving permission from the Spanish government.
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web search NEUTRAL — Although the ship was docked at Praia, Cape Verde, for three days, no one disembarked, as local facilities were unable to handle a safe evacuation. After receiving approval from Spanish health authori…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_hondius_Hantavirus_outbreak
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship docked in Tenerife, Canary Islands, for a carefully managed operation evacuating passengers and escorting them to flights arranged by multiple nations. More evacuations will take place ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/10/health/live-news/hantavir…
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web search NEUTRAL — Spain's government gave permission to the MV Hondius, a cruise ship hit by an outbreak of the hantavirus, to dock in the Canary Islands.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/…
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“authorities were urged by Tedros to keep them quarantined for 42 days.”
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Web search results explicitly mention that WHO Director-General Tedros stated passengers should be monitored/quarantined for 42 days.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tedros, who was speaking alongside Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez , said more cases were likely to appear because of the degree of interaction between the passengers onboard the ship before the…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns…
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web search NEUTRAL — World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has said additional cases of Hantavirus may emerge in coming weeks, following the evacuation of passengers from the outbreak-hit cru…
https://thenigerialawyer.com/passengers-to-be-monitored-for-…
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web search NEUTRAL — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that “we might see more cases” of the deadly Andes strain of hantavirus emerge in the coming days, after an 11th case w…
https://www.rt.com/news/639938-hantavirus-more-cases-who/
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“Hantaviruses are a family of viruses carried by rodents, and spread to humans through contact with their droppings, urine, or saliva.”
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Confirmed by authoritative health organizations including the WHO and CDC.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantaviruses are a family of viruses which can cause serious illnesses and death. These viruses cause diseases like hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)…
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/index.html
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web search NEUTRAL — May 6, 2026 · Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents that can cause severe disease in humans. People usually get infected through contact with infected rodents or their urine, dropping…
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hantavirus
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · A lot of misinformation has been circulating in news media regarding hantaviruses, including how people acquire the viruses, and how those afflicted with hantavirus-induced disease are tr…
https://phhp.ufl.edu/2026/05/08/hantavirus-explained/
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“The Andes strain is the only variant known to spread from human to human, and causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HPS) in those it infects.”
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Multiple sources confirm the Andes strain is the only one with known human-to-human transmission and causes HPS.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantavirus Andes strain confirmed in two cruise passengers evacuated to South AfricaAndes virus is the only hantavirus known for limited human-to-human transmissionSymptoms include fever, muscle pain,…
https://www.ndtv.com/health/what-is-andes-strain-the-only-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Andes strain is the only variant known to spread from human to human, and causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HPS) in those it infects.The Andes strain of hantavirus has a fatality rate of…
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/world/more-cases-of-hantavirus-…
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web search NEUTRAL — SYMPTOMS: Known symptoms of the Andes hantavirus strain, which typically causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), begin with influenza-like illness and can rapidly progress to severe respiratory fa…
https://gulfnews.com/world/who-contact-tracing-underway-as-r…
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“After a long incubation period of between six and eight weeks, patients typically experience flu-like symptoms that can develop into heart problems, hypertension, and buildup of fluid in the lungs and chest cavity.”
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While the general symptoms and the existence of a long incubation period are mentioned in search results, the specific 'six to eight weeks' timeframe and the exact list of symptoms (hypertension) are not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Andes virus is a type of hantavirus that can cause a severe respiratory disease in people, called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). The virus can spread through contact with rodents, by touching an…
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/andesvirus.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantavirus is primarily transmitted to humans by inhaling airborne particles from rodent droppings, urine, or saliva. The Andes strain is the only hantavirus known to spread person-to-person, though t…
https://www.columbiadoctors.org/news/what-hantavirus
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web search NEUTRAL — Another complication with the Andes virus is its long incubation period, meaning the time between a person's exposure to the virus and when they first begin to show symptoms.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/health/andes-strain-hantaviru…
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“The Andes strain of hantavirus has a fatality rate of around 38%.”
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The Daily Telegraph NZ explicitly mentions a fatality rate of around 38%, and another source mentions a range of 20-40%.
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“The MV Hondius left Argentina carrying 147 passengers and crew from 23 countries.”
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A WHO report mentioned in the web search results explicitly states there were 147 passengers and crew onboard the ship.
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“So far, every confirmed case has involved someone who traveled on the ship.”
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“Twenty British nationals are in isolation in the UK, 14 Spaniards are quarantined at the military hospital in Madrid, and five French citizens are being monitored in Paris.”
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“One of them, a 65-year-old woman, developed serious symptoms and was placed on a ventilator on Tuesday, French authorities said.”
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“Twelve Dutch health workers have also been quarantined after incorrectly handling the bodily fluids of a hantavirus patient.”
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“Out of 17 Americans evacuated from the ship, one who tested positive for the virus will be quarantined, while the others will be permitted to go home after a brief checkup.”
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