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YouTuber went to packed wedding after leaving MV Hondius as hantavirus spread: ‘We were not well informed’

Nypost · · 472 words · By Patrick Reilly
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Ruhi Cenet, who has more than 18 million subscribers for his travel vlog, was on the now-stricken ship for 24 days before he left on April 12”
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Wikipedia and YouTube confirm Ruhi Cenet is a travel blogger with over 18 million subscribers. A web search result specifically links him to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak account.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ruhi Cenet Documentaries. @ruhicenetdocs. • 18.1M subscribers • 415 videos. For all business inquiries, partnerships and collaborations: hello@ruhicenetmedya.com.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWpk9PSGHoJW1hZT4egxTNQ
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web search NEUTRAL — Turkish vlogger Ruhi Cenet has described how a hantavirus outbreak unfolded aboard the MV Hondius during a South Atlantic expedition. His account has raised questions over delayed precautions, onboard…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/hantavirus-outbreak-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — Muhammet Ruhi Çenet (born 20 October 1990) is a Turkish YouTuber and travel blogger. He is known for traveling to and reporting on hard-to-reach and obscure places. According to Social Blade, he is th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhi_Çenet
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“he traveled with the wife of the 70-year-old Dutchman who had died — a day before she also collapsed and died.”
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While multiple sources confirm a 70-year-old Dutch man died on April 11, there is no corroborating evidence in the provided search results regarding his wife's death or her travel relationship with Ruhi Cenet.
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web search NEUTRAL — A 70-year-old Dutch passenger died while the vessel was at sea near the British territory of Saint Helena on 11 April. His body was disembarked there on 24 April. MV Hondius cruise ship is struck by a…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-ge…
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web search NEUTRAL — When a 70-year-old Dutch man, one of the birders, died aboard on April 11, Kornfeld and the others were shaken but considered the incident a freak accident, with no implications for anyone else on boa…
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/05/hantavirus-cruise…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eerie video shows passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship being told about the first hantavirus death -- with the captain telling them the "ship is safe" before realizing the ordeal they would soon f…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/world-news/eerie-moment-mv-hon…
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“was pictured attending a wedding in his native Istanbul on May 3 — the same day that the World Health Organization finally announced it was responding to a suspected hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship”
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The provided evidence confirms a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius and that Ruhi Cenet is a Turkish vlogger, but there is no specific corroboration for the wedding attendance on May 3 or a WHO announcement on that exact date in the search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Muhammet Ruhi Çenet (born 20 October 1990) is a Turkish YouTuber and travel blogger. He is known for traveling to and reporting on hard-to-reach and obscure places. According to Social Blade, he is th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhi_Çenet
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web search NEUTRAL — The suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has killed three people and sickened others, has two likely causes — and both are bad news for the 150 passengers on board, exper…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/world-news/the-disgusting-terr…
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web search NEUTRAL — A hantavirus outbreak was reported on the MV Hondius cruise ship, leading to two deaths.Passengers with suspected or confirmed cases have been evacuated for medical treatment.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2026/05/07/han…
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“Cenet attended the wedding a day after South African officials announced they received a positive for hantavirus following the third known death of the cruise outbreak.”
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Evidence confirms South African authorities identified hantavirus in passengers and that there were 3 deaths, but the specific timeline linking this to a wedding date is not corroborated by the provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prior to 1994, immigrants from elsewhere faced discrimination and even violence in South Africa due to competition for scarce economic opportunities. After majority rule in 1994, contrary to expectati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia_in_South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South African may relate to: The nation of South Africa South Africans South African Airways South African English South African people Languages of South Africa Southern Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Union of South Africa (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Afrikaans: Unie van Suid-Afrika, ) was a British Dominion and, later, a Commonwealth realm in southern Africa from 1910 to 1961. It was the his…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa
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“The disease has a 40% mortality rate and an incubation period of up to eight weeks.”
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Multiple sources (Hantavirus Q&A and The Atlantic/Health sources) confirm the fatality rate is approximately 40% in the Americas and the incubation period can be up to eight weeks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orthohantavirus is a genus of viruses that includes all hantaviruses (rat family Hantaviridae) that cause disease in humans. Hantaviruses are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each han…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a hemorrhagic fever caused by hantaviruses. Signs and symptoms usually occur 2 weeks after exposure to the virus and come in five distinct cl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_hemorrhagic_fever_w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), also called hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), is a severe respiratory disease caused by hantaviruses. The main features of illness are microvascular leak…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_pulmonary_syndrome
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“the World Health Organization has informed several countries about passengers who had disembarked from the vessel, including several acorss the US.”
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CBS News and CNN both report that the WHO notified countries, including the US, about passengers who disembarked from the MV Hondius.
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web search NEUTRAL — American passengers who left the MV Hondius cruise ship in April are being monitored for hantavirus in at least five states, health officials said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-mv-hondi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Health authorities across several countries are racing to trace and contain an outbreak of the hantavirus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that five confirmed infections had bee…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/world/hantavirus-ship-tenerif…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eight cases of hantavirus in connection with the cruise ship MV Hondius have been reported so far, including the three fatalities, according to the WHO. The ship had about 150 passengers and crew at t…
https://www.today.com/health/disease/us-hantavirus-cruise-sh…
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“Others are spread across the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, tCanada, Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore and New Zealand.”
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Web search results list the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, US, and Canada as countries where passengers disembarked. While Singapore and New Zealand aren't explicitly in the snippet, the general list of international tracking is corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Countries highlighted include the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, United States and Canada.Seven Brits disembarked the MV Hondius in St Helena on 24 April before the first confirm…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyp1505p84o
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web search NEUTRAL — An outbreak of hantavirus aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius has so far sickened eight people, killing three of them.What's happening with the passengers? The cruise ship is currently on its way …
https://time.com/article/2026/05/07/hantavirus-outbreak-ande…
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web search NEUTRAL — Seven British nationals disembarked the MV Hondius in Saint Helena last month -- but only two had returned to UK soil as of Thursday. "Two of these individuals are now self-isolating in the UK while t…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/world-news/hantavirus-outbreak…
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“None of the remaining passengers or crew on the ship are currently symptomatic, the Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions cruise ship company said Thursday.”
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The claim is directly corroborated by a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple web search results citing Oceanwide Expeditions' statement that no symptomatic individuals remained on board.
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web search NEUTRAL — The MV Hondius has been at the centre of an international health scare since the weekend following the outbreak of the disease, which is spread by rats. Three people have died so far. The ship had bee…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/rat-virus-cases-five-cruise-sh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions, the company running the MV Hondius cruise ship, said in a statement. on Thursday that all passengers with symptoms had been taken off the ship. "No symptomatic individuals are p…
https://www.dw.com/en/hantavirus-cruise-company-says-no-symp…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oceanwide Expeditions reports no symptomatic individuals currently on MV Hondius vesselMV Hondius had 88 passengers and 61 crew members from 23 countries as of May 4Health agencies continue surveillan…
https://www.ndtv.com/health/exclusive-no-symptomatic-hantavi…
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“The virus, which typically spreads by the inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings, appears to be spreading by contact between people”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny if this specific outbreak was spreading person-to-person rather than via rodents.
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