90-Second Read: Americans All Negative For Hantavirus, French Patient Critically Ill (Live Updates)

Spanish officials confirm that after testing positive once for Hantavirus, the American now known to be Kornfield has since tested negative twice for the disease, meaning no Americans are among the nine confirmed cases of the illness. A French patient confirmed to have the Hantavirus is now critically ill with life-threatening heart and lung problems, a doctor at her Paris hospital confirms. Officials clarify an earlier statement about an American patient who tested "mildly positive" for Hantavirus, explaining the person was tested twice for the disease with a PCR molecular test and got one positive and one negative result. The American who tested positive for Hantavirus says he is symptom free while a patient in Paris is critically ill. A symptomatic passenger who returned to America after disembarking the MV.

Most people will never be exposed to this." The World Health Organization confirms the number of lab-proven Hantavirus cases has risen to five and there are still at least three additional suspected cases among cruise ship passengers and crew. The South African Department of Health says tests performed on infected passengers of the the MV Hondius confirm the Andes virus, one of the deadliest Hantavirus diseases with a roughly 40% case fatality rate, is what infected passengers onboard the ship. May 4, 2026 The World Health Organization ⁠confirms a strain of Hantavirus is spreading aboard the ship, with two lab-confirmed cases and five more suspected cases. Stephen Kornfeld speaks to CNN from a biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he confirms he is the.

Twelve staff members at a Dutch hospital are quarantined after blood and urine samples collected from a Hantavirus patient were mishandled, according to Reuters, and they'll stay isolated for six weeks despite a very low risk of infection. Brian Christine, assistant secretary for health, says the risk to the public is still "very, very low." The plane carrying 18 people from the Canary Islands, 17 Americans and one British dual national, back to the United States arrives in Omaha, Nebraska. France's Health Minister Stéphanie Rist says a woman, among five French nationals evacuated from the vessel, has tested positive for the Hantavirus and all five people will be put under isolation in Paris. He insisted the public health risk remains "low." A Dutch flight attendant who has developed mild symptoms.

Ghebreyesus says none of the remaining passengers or crew aboard the MV Hondius are symptomatic, but that "it is possible more cases will be reported" because it can be up to six weeks before those infected with the Andes variant of Hantavirus show symptoms. There is no specific treatment for Hantavirus infections and patients usually receive supportive care like supplemental oxygen for respiratory issues and dialysis in the case of kidney failure. The two patients, including the one showing symptoms, are in a biocontainment unit at Emory University while the remaining American residents are in Nebraska, health officials say. Health officials confirm the deadly Hantavirus outbreak is of a particular disease strain called Andes, one of the deadliest variants of the Hantavirus and the only known strain that transmits from.