All Passengers Removed From Hantavirus Cruise Ship: Report

Since April 11, three passengers have lost their lives, and a few others have fallen ill.

The World Health Organization has stated that hantavirus poses a low risk to the general public. U.S. health officials have emphasized that there is no need for panic, as the virus does not spread easily.

A British national hospitalized in Johannesburg after contracting hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius is “clinically improving but still ill,” a spokesperson for South African Department of Health told Reuters on Monday.

Meanwhile, a French woman who became ill after being evacuated from the cruise ship near Tenerife remains in intensive care but is in stable condition, according to a post on X by French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.