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Tuesday, May 11, 2026The only American passenger thought to have the hantavirus thanks to a positive lab sample taken while they were still aboard the MV Hondius tests negative for the second time, according to Spanish officials (Health and Human Services has not offered an update on the patient). A Spanish passenger who was evacuated from the MV Hondius tests positive for hantavirus, according the Spanish Health Ministry, and is experiencing a “low-grade fever and mild respiratory symptoms,” World Health Organization Director Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus says there’s “no sign we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,” but noted the “situation could change” in the coming weeks if more cases are reported. Twelve staff members at a Dutch hospital are quarantined after blood and urine samples collected from a hantavirus patient were mishandled, according to Reuters, and they’ll stay isola
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Topline World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday directly responded to far-right commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ claims that the United Nations agency was manufacturing propaganda about the Hantavirus. The WHO director said no hantavirus deaths have been recorded since May 2. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Ghebreyesus, directly addressing Jones’ claim that WHO has launched “COVID 2.0,” said in a post on X that there is no “rollout” or “hype” around the recent ship-based Hantavirus outbreak and added “there are only 10 confirmed cases globally, and no deaths have been recorded since May 2.” Jones claimed in an episode of his show earlier this week that health officials would try to fraudulently report hantavirus cases, saying, “They did it before, they’re clearly doing it again” before alleging the fraudu
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Tuesday, May 11, 2026Dr. Stephen Kornfeld speaks to CNN from a biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he confirms he is the American patient reported to have tested positive for the hantavirus but says he “feels wonderful” and is not experiencing symptoms. Spanish officials confirm that after testing positive once for hantavirus, the American now known to be Kornfield has since tested negative twice for the disease, meaning no Americans are among the nine confirmed cases of the illness. A French patient confirmed to have the hantavirus is now critically ill with life-threatening heart and lung problems, a doctor at her Paris hospital confirms. A symptomatic passenger who returned to America after disembarking the MV Honduis, and is being cared for in Atlanta, tests negative for hantavirus, according to the Department
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Hantavirus is making global headlines in 2026. The outbreak appears contained, but the worst-case question still hangs over already fragile markets. With war, sticky inflation, and an oil shock already in play, the macro setup looks quite different from what it did six years ago. Why Markets Are Watching The Hantavirus As of May 8, 2026, the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius has resulted in eight reported cases, including three deaths, two confirmed and one probable, according to the World Health Organization. The BBC reported that today, Spain has begun evacuating passengers from the cruise ship anchored near Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US govt says NO quarantine required for 17 Americans on hantavirus-stricken cruise. As of Saturday, a CDC official said, “We are not quarantining anybody,”
The heightened focus on hantavirus underscores the importance of monitoring zoonotic diseases and their potential for human transmission.
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France’s Health Minister Stéphanie Rist says a woman, among five French nationals evacuated from the vessel, has tested positive for the hantavirus and all five people will be put under isolation in Paris. Sunday, May 10, 2026The Department of Health and Human services says 17 have been evacuated from the MV Hondius and are being airlifted from Tenerife in the Canary Islands by the State Department, with two of the passengers in the plane’s biocontainment units “out of an abundance of caution” after one displayed mild symptoms and another “tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus.” A Spanish woman who developed symptoms after sharing an airplane with a MV Hondius cruise ship passenger confirmed to have hantavirus reportedly tests negative for the Andes variant for the second time. French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu tweets that five passengers from the
