An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

Updated 16 hours ago
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An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Associated Press5/13/2026

French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

A French woman infected with hantavirus after being repatriated from the MV Hondius cruise ship has the “most severe form of cardiopulmonary presentation,” a doctor at the Paris hospital treating her said Tuesday. (AP Video by Oleg Cetinic) The WHO said it has confirmed 11 cases, including three people from the cruise.

A drone view of the accommdation blocks at Arrowe Park Hospital where passengers and crew are leaving
BBC News
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5/13/2026

Twenty-two people set to leave hospital after hantavirus isolation

Six people evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship after a hantavirus outbreak are returning home or to suitable accommodation to complete a 45-day isolation period. They have been isolating in Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral for 72 hours after being removed from the ship, and have tested negative for the virus. Their.