CDC Calms Pandemic Fears as MV Hondius Cases Reach 13
Thursday, June 11, 2026 · 14 min
MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak has reached 13 cases, including three deaths, while CDC says no U.S. cases are confirmed and pandemic risk remains extremely low. Passengers and crew remain under 42-day monitoring as officials track Andes-virus exposure.
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MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak has reached 13 cases, including three deaths, while CDC says no U.S. cases are confirmed and pandemic risk remains extremely low. Passengers and crew remain under 42-day monitoring as officials track Andes-virus exposure.
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- Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Current Situation | Hantavirus | CDC — CDC
# Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Current Situation | Hantavirus | CDC Published: 2026-06-09T16:27:08+00:00 Source: cdc.gov (cdc.gov) Language: en ## Story Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Current Situation | Hantavirus | CDC # Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Current Situation For Everyone June 9, 2026 ## Key points - CDC is responding to a deadly outbreak of Andes…
- Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship grows to 13 cases - CIDRAP — CIDRAP
# Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship grows to 13 cases News brief [Stephanie Soucheray, MA](/stephanie-soucheray-ma) [Copied to clipboard](# "Copy link")  *Jacob Wackerhausen / iStock* Over the past five days, two more cases of hantavirus have been confirmed among passengers and crew who were aboard…
- Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Frequently Asked Questions — CDC
Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Frequently Asked Questions | Hantavirus | CDC # Andes Virus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship: Frequently Asked Questions For Everyone June 9, 2026 ## What to know - CDC is responding to a deadly outbreak of Andes virus, a type of hantavirus, among passengers and crew of a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. - CDC staff are among the world's foremost hantavirus…
- Cruise hit by hantavirus outbreak docks in Rotterdam, final destination — BBC News
# Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak docks in Rotterdam MV Hondius, the Dutch cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, has docked at its final destination in Rotterdam. Only the ship's crew were aboard for the last leg of the journey, as all passengers docked off the ship in the Canary Islands between 10 and 11 May. Rotterdam port harbour master René de Vries said 25 mobile homes…
- Step Back — When outbreak updates say 13 confirmed cases but hundreds of contacts are being monitored, what’s the difference between a confirmed case, a suspected case, and an exposed contact — and how can people move between those categories as testing and symptom checks come in?
Background sources
- Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country — Who
- Interim Guidance for Public Health Assessment and Management of People with Potential Exposure to Andes Virus — Cdc
- Clinician Brief: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) | Hantavirus | CDC — CDC
- What we know about hantavirus now that people linked to outbreak are back in Canada — News Staff
- How public health officials are tracing contacts of hantavirus victims - The Mainichi — Mainichi
- How worried should we be about getting Hantavirus? — BBC