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Date: 12/05/2026 09:46 (UTC)
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Madrid, May 12 (EFE).- Spanish health authorities said Tuesday that the number of confirmed hantavirus cases linked to the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship stands at 10 with World Health...

Date: 12/05/2026 13:14 (UTC)
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ROME (Italy), 12/05/2026.- An external view of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Lazzaro Spallanzani, in Rome, Italy, 12 May 2026. Some biological samples of the 25-year-old Italian who was on board the KLM flight and who had symptoms attributable to Hantavirus will arrive at the Spallanzani hospital for analysis. (Italia, Roma) EFE/EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI

Date: 12/05/2026 09:01 (UTC)
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Madrid (Spain), 12/05/2026.- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (R) brief the media on the recent hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship during a joint press conference at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, 12 May 2026. The ship is currently en route to the Netherlands after completing the evacuation of its passengers and several crew members in Tenerife over the weekend. (Países Bajos; Holanda, España) EFE/EPA/CHEMA MOYA

Date: 12/05/2026 09:01 (UTC)
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Madrid (Spain), 12/05/2026.- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C-L) and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (C-R) brief the media on the recent hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship during a joint press conference with the Spanish prime minister at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, 12 May 2026. The ship is currently en route to the Netherlands after completing the evacuation of its passengers and several crew members in Tenerife over the weekend. (Países Bajos; Holanda, España) EFE/EPA/CHEMA MOYA

Date: 12/05/2026 11:31 (UTC)
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Madrid, May 12 (EFE).- With the operation to evacuate the cruise ship MV Hondius from the port of Granadilla in Tenerife now complete, all eyes are on the Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital, where the 14 cruise passengers remain in quarantine and where one of them has already shown symptoms of infection. CAMERA: SANTIAGO CASTRO FOOTAGE OF THE VICINITY OF THE GÓMEZ ULLA HOSPITAL IN MADRID

Date: 12/05/2026 12:13 (UTC)
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Madrid, May 12 (EFE).- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom raised the number of confirmed cases linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius to eleven on Tuesday and said that all suspected and confirmed cases have been isolated under “strict” medical supervision to minimize the risk of further transmission.

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Confirmed hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship outbreak rise to 10

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Date: 12/05/2026 15:20 (UTC)
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