Ambulances carrying patients evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, leave the Bourget airport, north of Paris, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring

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Ambulances carrying patients evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, leave the Bourget airport, north of Paris, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Associated Press5/11/2026

Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring

The first plane carrying passengers from the cruise ship left Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will be taken to a military hospital. None of the more than 140 people aboard has shown symptoms of the virus, according to authorities. Those disembarking and personnel working at the port in Tenerife.

Large blue and white cruise ship with the words Hondius Vlissingen on it
BBC News
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5/11/2026

US passengers from ship quarantined as officials say public risk 'very low'

Eighteen Americans evacuated from a cruise ship after possible exposure to hantavirus are being closely monitored by health officials, as authorities say the risk to the public remains "very, very low". Officials say one passenger aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius has tested positive for the Andes virus - a rare type.