Spanish National Tests Positive for Hantavirus After Cruise Ship Evacuation

Hantavirus Case Emerges from Cruise Ship Quarantine

A Spanish citizen, who was evacuated from a cruise ship earlier this month, has been diagnosed with hantavirus while under quarantine at a military facility in Madrid, as reported by Spain's Health Ministry on Monday. This individual is part of a group of 14 Spaniards who were relocated to Tenerife from the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius after several severe respiratory illness cases were reported onboard. The World Health Organization was alerted to the outbreak on May 2, when the ship was carrying approximately 150 passengers and crew from 23 different nations. Spanish health officials confirmed that the infected person has been placed in an isolation unit at Gómez Ulla Hospital in Madrid following the positive test. In a statement shared on X, the Health Ministry indicated that the identification of this infection among quarantined individuals "does not alter the risk level" for the general public. This recent case raises the total number of confirmed hantavirus infections among Spanish passengers and crew associated with the ship to two.

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