Hantavirus in South Africa

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

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Lauren Paremoer

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

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

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 provides update on British man hospitalised with hantavirus

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Death reported

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

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

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