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WHO (World Health Organization)
Shìwèi Zǔzhī
世卫组织
to confirm
quèrèn
确认
cruise ship
yóulún
游轮
hantavirus
hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
outbreak / epidemic
yìqíng
疫情
，
already
yǐ
已
to cause / resulting in
zhì
致
three people
sān rén
三人
death / to die
sǐwáng
死亡
。

World Health Organization (WHO)
Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī
世界卫生组织
to confirm / to verify
zhèngshí
证实
，
Atlantic Ocean
Dàxīyáng
大西洋
one (vessel)
yī sōu
一艘
cruise ship
yóulún
游轮
on / aboard
shàng
上
to break out / to erupt
bàofā
暴发
hantavirus
hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
outbreak
yìqíng
疫情
，
already
yǐ
已
to find / to report
fāxiàn
发现
eight (people)
bā míng
八名
case
bìnglì
病例
，
among them / of which
qízhōng
其中
three people
sān rén
三人
died / death
sǐwáng
死亡
。

May 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM

World Health Organization (WHO)
Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī
世界卫生组织
on (date) / at
yú
于
May 2
5 yuè 2 rì
5月2日
to receive
shōudào
收到
report
bàogào
报告
，
showing / indicating
xiǎnshì
显示
the Netherlands
Hélán
荷兰
cruise ship
yóulún
游轮
MV Hondius (ship name)
Hóngdíwūsī hào
洪迪乌斯号
on / aboard
shàng
上
to occur / to break out
fāshēng
发生
suspected / possible
yísì
疑似
hantavirus
hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
infection / to be infected
gǎnrǎn
感染
incident / event
shìjiàn
事件
。
as of / up to
jiézhì
截至
May 8
5 yuè 8 rì
5月8日
，
in total / altogether
gòng
共
reported / found
fāxiàn
发现
eight (people)
bā míng
八名
case
bìnglì
病例
，
among them
qízhōng
其中
six cases
liù lì
六例
confirmed
quèzhěn
确诊
，
two cases
liǎng lì
两例
are / classified as
wèi
为
probable / suspected
yísì
疑似
，
three people
sān rén
三人
died
sǐwáng
死亡
，
case fatality rate
bìng sǐ lǜ
病死率
reaching / amounting to
dá
达
38 percent
38%
38%
。
all
suǒyǒu
所有
confirmed
quèzhěn
确诊
case
bìnglì
病例
all
jūn
均
passive marker
bèi
被
identified as / determined to be
jiàndìng
鉴定
as
wèi
为
Andes virus (a type of hantavirus)
Āndìsī bìngdú
安第斯病毒
，
this is
zhè shì
这是
the only
wéiyī
唯一
known
yǐzhī
已知
can / able to
kě
可
human-to-human transmission
rén chuán rén
人传人
structural particle
de
的
hantavirus
hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
type / variety
lèixíng
类型
。
the ship / that vessel
gāi chuán
该船
on (date)
yú
于
early April
4 yuè chū
4月初
from
cóng
从
Argentina
Ārgēntíng
阿根廷
Ushuaia (city in Argentina)
Wūsīhuáiyà
乌斯怀亚
to depart / to set off
chūfā
出发
，
passing through / stopping at
tújīng
途经
Antarctica
Nánjízhōu
南极洲
and / as well as
jí
及
multiple
duō gè
多个
South Atlantic
Nán Dàxīyáng
南大西洋
islands
dǎoyǔ
岛屿
。
May 10
5 yuè 10 rì
5月10日
，
the ship
gāi chuán
该船
to arrive at
dǐdá
抵达
Spain
Xībānyá
西班牙
Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
Tènèilǐfèi
特内里费
，
subsequently / after that
suíhòu
随后
passengers
chéngkè
乘客
one after another / gradually
lùxù
陆续
to return to their home countries
huíguó
回国
。
WHO (World Health Organization)
Shìwèi Zǔzhī
世卫组织
to state / to indicate
biǎoshì
表示
，
hantavirus
hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
will not / does not
bù huì
不会
through / via
tōngguò
通过
everyday / routine
rìcháng
日常
social
shèjiāo
社交
contact
jiēchù
接触
to spread / to transmit
chuánbō
传播
，
the public
gōngzhòng
公众
infection
gǎnrǎn
感染
risk
fēngxiǎn
风险
extremely low
jí dī
极低
。

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Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī
世界卫生组织
World Health Organization (WHO)
bàogào
报告
report
yísì
疑似
suspected; possible
hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
hantavirus
gǎnrǎn
感染
infection; to be infected
shìjiàn
事件
incident; event
bìnglì
病例
case
quèzhěn
确诊
confirmed
rén chuán rén
人传人
human-to-human transmission
shèjiāo jiēchù
社交接触
social contact
chuánbō
传播
to spread; to transmit
fēngxiǎn
风险
risk

News in English

Lifestyle & Culture

WHO Confirms Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship With Three Deaths

The WHO has confirmed a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, with eight cases reported and three deaths.

The World Health Organization received a report on May 2 of a suspected hantavirus infection outbreak on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius.

As of May 8, eight cases have been reported, with six confirmed and two suspected. Three people have died, bringing the case fatality rate to 38 percent. All confirmed cases were identified as Andes virus, the only known hantavirus strain capable of human-to-human transmission.

The ship departed from Ushuaia, Argentina in early April and traveled through Antarctica and multiple South Atlantic islands. On May 10, the vessel arrived in Tenerife, Spain, where passengers gradually returned to their home countries.

The WHO states that hantavirus does not spread through everyday social contact. Public infection risk is extremely low.

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