WHO warns that humanity is on the brink of an even more devastating pandemic: ‘The world is not safer’
Experts warn that the risk of a new public health emergency is skyrocketing while investment and measures to address it are stalling
Efforts to control hantavirus outbreak reach global scale while cases in Spain and France fuel uncertainty
The WHO has downplayed the risk of a larger outbreak: ‘All cases have been isolated and are being managed under strict medical supervision’
Linus Spatz, researcher developing a therapy against hantavirus: ‘This outbreak will be studied for decades’
The scientist believes that factors such as the still‑unknown source of the initial infection and the close coexistence on the cruise ship of dozens of people from different nationalities greatly heighten interest in the episode
What’s next for the ‘Hondius’ passengers? From Spain’s strict isolation to home quarantine in the Netherlands
All countries are going to impose measures to prevent the spread of the hantavirus, but these measures vary depending on each government
Initial genetic analysis of the ‘MV Hondius’ hantavirus outbreak confirms it belongs to the Andes strain and rules out mutations
The sequencing was performed using material from the Swiss patient on board the cruise ship
Spain rolls out unprecedented operation to disembark evacuees of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
Most passengers walked out of the ‘MV Hondius’ on Sunday, with a few more set to do so Monday. The health minister called it a ‘day of national pride’ despite having to overcome a refusal by authorities in the Canary Islands to let the ship dock
WHO faces deadlock over pandemic treaty amid crisis over hantavirus outbreak
The main sticking point is the mechanism that will define how nations share samples and sequences of viruses with pandemic potential and, in return, obtain access to vaccines
Hantavirus brings back old conspiracy theories: It’s not a new pandemic, nor a mystery virus, nor cured with zinc
Misinformation surrounding the health crisis on the cruise ship ‘MV Hondius’ is once again dominating social media and sparking panic about a repeat of the 2020 epidemic
Anchoring off Tenerife, small‑boat transfers and talks with 22 countries: The difficult return home for the hantavirus cruise passengers
Spain is negotiating with various nations over how to repatriate their citizens. Uncertainties remain over the arrival of the ‘MV Hondius,’ its disinfection, and possible quarantines
Andes hantavirus: Deadly 2018 outbreak shows it is not only transmitted through close contact
The analysis of 34 infections after a party in Argentina confirms community transmission and the role of superspreaders — a pattern that may echo the situation aboard the ‘MV Hondius’
How was hantavirus transmitted? A visual explanation of the ‘MV Hondius’ outbreak
The WHO’s main hypothesis is that patient zero was infected on land and passed the virus to other people on board
Cruise ship passengers trace the origin of the hantavirus outbreak: ‘It’s being said here that it may have been the Dutch couple’
The epidemiology of the virus, the chronology of the infections, and the accounts of the travelers reinforce the theory of person-to-person transmission on board the ‘MV Hondius’
Spanish passenger on the ‘Hondius’: ‘There are 23 people who got off on Saint Helena and have been wandering around’
Health authorities only began contacting the passengers who left the ship on Tuesday
Why hantavirus bears little resemblance to Covid-19
The pathogen detected on the cruise ship is more lethal, but it is better understood and much less contagious than SARS-CoV-2
Hantavirus case triggers political friction in Spain as Canary Islands resist WHO‑mandated port call
Madrid argues the archipelago must accept the vessel as the nearest EU port, and because Spanish citizens are aboard
Logbook of the ‘MV Hondius’: From Ushuaia to the Canary Islands, chronology of a hantavirus outbreak
Timeline of a luxury cruise that ended up becoming an epidemiological emergency
The WHO and Spain agree that epidemiologists will inspect hantavirus‑hit cruise ship before deciding its destination
The international agency will evacuate to the Netherlands two passengers from the cruise ship who show symptoms compatible with hantavirus, and will transfer a third passenger — considered a ‘high‑risk contact’ — to Germany
What we know about the hantavirus outbreak
Seven cases linked to the cruise ship ‘MV Hondius’ have raised concern, but experts say a possible docking in the Canary Islands would pose minimal risk
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