Hantavirus Patients Under Quarantine Could Go Home—If They Agree To 24/7 Surveillance, Report Says (Latest Updates)
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A timeline of the MV Hondius cruise ship hantavirus outbreak details three specific deaths (a Dutch man, his wife, and a German woman) and other hospitalizations, with patients under quarantine potentially going home with surveillance.
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vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com · 2026-06-01
A timeline of the MV Hondius cruise ship hantavirus outbreak details events from April 1, 2026, when the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. Key events include the death of a 70-year-old Dutch man on April 11, his 69-year-old wife's death in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 26 (confirmed Andes strain), and a German woman's death on May 2. A British passenger was medically evacuated to South Africa on April 27. A Swiss man hospitalized in Zurich also tested positive for a strain of hantavirus after traveling on an earlier leg of the trip.
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