THE HAGUE, May 31 — A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again after cleaning and disinfection. “From a public health perspective, there are no longer any obstacles to putting the Hondius back to sea,” the publi»»»

THE HAGUE, May 31, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again after cleaning and disinfection. "From a public health perspective, there are no longer any obstacles to putting the Hondius back to»»»

THE HAGUE - A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on May 30 cleared to put to sea again after cleaning and disinfection. “From a public health perspective, there are no longer any obstacles to putting the Hondius back to sea,” the public health a»»»

1 Hantavirus Outbreak Cruise Ship Latest Update: The luxury polar expedition cruise ship MV Hondius docked at the Port of Rotterdam on Monday morning, May 18, 2026, following a deadly onboard hantavirus outbreak. The vessel arrived at its final destination with a skeleton crew to undergo strict dis»»»

The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put international health authorities on alert. The MV Hondius was still carrying 25 crew members and two medical personnel as it reached Europe's large»»»

AN ENTIRE village has been built to quarantine the crew of the doomed MV Hondius cruise ship, plagued by the rat-carried hantavirus. The vessel docked in the port of Rotterdam this morning for disinfection, after scores of terrified passengers were finally evacuated in Tenerife. On board remained t»»»

The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has arrived at the Port of Rotterdam for disinfection, carrying the body of a German victim. It comes as a Canadian was put into quarantine after becoming the first person in North America to test positive for the rat-borne virus. The MV Hondius h»»»

The World Health Organisation (WHO) saidit was maintaining its assessment of the hantavirus outbreak as "low risk" as the cruise ship where the outbreak originated approached the Netherlands. In saying that the public-health risk for the hantavirus outbreak is “low,” the agency stated the risk for »»»