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90-Second Read: Where Are the Passengers of the Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship Now?

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Noah Davidson

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Published June 8, 2026

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This is a simplified summary of outside reporting. Hantavirus Now did not independently report the original story. Read the original source for full details.This is a simplified summary of outside reporting. Hantavirus Now did not independently report the original story. Read the original source for full details.

Nearly two dozen countries are repatriating citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, where three passengers died in a Hantavirus outbreak. Most of the roughly 150 passengers and crew members of the cruise ship that experienced a Hantavirus outbreak returned to their home countries by Tuesday or were in the process of doing so. Sixteen were in isolation at the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, U.S. officials said, including one who tested "mildly" positive for the Andes strain of the Hantavirus.

Eighteen Americans who were aboard the ship, the Dutch-registered MV Hondius, which docked off Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, returned to the United States on Monday, health officials said. Two others, a couple including a person with mild symptoms, were sent to a medical facility in Atlanta. Three flights from Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, had carried around 50 people from various nations to Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands as of late Monday.

Thirty-two crew members will remain on the ship as it sets sail for Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, where it will dock, Spain's health minister, Mónica García, said on Monday. Here are the paths taken by the others who were aboard the ship: Argentina: One Argentine passenger was on the Sunday flight to Eindhoven, according to Dutch officials. From there, they are expected to eventually be taken to their home countries.

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Source published May 12, 7:47 AM EDT. Hantavirus Now reviewed reporting from The New York Times and summarized the key points below.

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