life
shēng huó
生活
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