Hantavirus in South Africa

All tracked hantavirus events for South Africa.

• Travel And Tour World

  South Africa·last month

  South Africa Confirms Rare Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Tied to Cruise Ship MV Hondius: Global Health Response Intensifies

  <a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMibkFVX3lxTFBtR0RZNmlrNnM3NFRBM0RXZmF5WVRob0paWlVfNk05Wm5tOXVQNU44aDY2WlRsX2JVWVVmVEtBMmhhZXE2RzR1SkxFMzVBeFlQQ19TcjdhRzAzY1A1d2U2RURtaHRxZmFuRjIyVVFB?oc=5" target="_blank">South Africa Confirms Rare Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Tied to Cruise Ship MV Hondius: Global Health Response Intensifies</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Travel And Tour World</font>

• Lauren Paremoer

  South Africa·last month

  South Africa: Hantavirus Shows Wisdom of South Africa's Position On Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing

  Opinion - Hantavirus is not considered a pathogen with pandemic potential. However, the outbreak has once again demonstrated that South Africa is not obstructionist, irrational or unreasonable in demanding that pathogen access and benefit sharing be placed on an equal footing in the Pandemic Agreeme...

• John Bevir

  South Africa·last month

  Researchers work to develop hantavirus vaccine as cruise ship outbreak raises global alarm

  Researchers in England, Texas, and South Africa are nearing clinical trials for a hantavirus vaccine as the recent cruise ship outbreak fuels global urgency.

• Anathi Madubela

  South Africa·last month

  Brit in hospital with hantavirus in South Africa ‘improving’ as more test positive

  Hantaviruses are rodent-borne viruses that can infect people and cause illness

• Rebecca Whittaker

  South Africa·last month

  South Africa provides update on British man hospitalised with hantavirus

• Editorial Staff

  Death reported

  South Africa·last month

  Florence woman in quarantine after hantavirus exposure | Florence Daily News

  The precautionary measures follow an international health alert linked to a passenger from the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, who later died of hantavirus in South Africa.

• ECDC

  Death reported

  South Africa·2 months ago

  Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations

  ECDC was notified on 2 May 2026 by the Netherlands via the European Union (EU) Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) about a cluster of unknown disease with severe respiratory symptoms on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic, operating under a Dutch flag. There were 149 people on board from 23 different nationalities, including nine EU/EEA Member States: Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. At the time, two people had died and one had been me

• ECDC

  Death reported

  South Africa·2 months ago

  Threat assessment brief – Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations

  ECDC was notified on 2 May 2026 by the Netherlands via the European Union (EU) Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) about a cluster of unknown disease with severe respiratory symptoms on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic, operating under a Dutch flag. There were 149 people on board from 23 different nationalities, including nine EU/EEA Member States: Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. At the time, two people had died and one had been me