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Two new cases of hantavirus suspected in Spain and the South Atlantic

2026-05-09 14:29:08Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Health authorities are scrambling to prevent a possible spread of hantavirus after two new suspected cases were identified on Friday, far from the luxury cruise ship where the initial outbreak was recorded.

Recent reports include a man who fell ill after disembarking from the ship and a woman who developed symptoms after sitting next to a cruise ship passenger during a flight.

The cases, recorded thousands of kilometers apart — one in Spain and the other on the isolated island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic — are separate from the eight cases the World Health Organization has recorded on the Dutch-flagged ship MV Hondius.

In Spain, a 32-year-old woman in the province of Alicante showed symptoms consistent with hantavirus and underwent tests, local health authorities announced.

According to Spanish Deputy Health Minister Javier Padilla, the woman had briefly sat on a plane two rows behind a Dutch passenger in Hondius who had contracted the virus. The Dutchwoman landed in Johannesburg feeling unwell before departure on April 25 and later ended up in hospital.

Meanwhile, British health authorities announced that a British man is considered a suspected case on Tristan da Cunha. Authorities said he was a passenger on the Hondius ship, which arrived on the island between April 13 and 15.

The WHO said the outbreak on the Hondius - the first ever recorded on a ship - involved Andean virus, the only known type of hantavirus that can be transmitted to humans in a limited way through close and prolonged contact.

The spread of the virus in Hondius

The ship was carrying 147 passengers and crew when a cluster of severe respiratory infections was reported on Sunday. By then, 34 passengers had already disembarked.

Three of the patients have died. WHO officials said six of the eight suspected cases have been confirmed as hantavirus infections - a potentially fatal disease usually spread by rodents.


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