A test tube labeled “Hantavirus positive” is held in this illustration taken on May 7, 2026. Dado Ruvic/ReutersHealth officials in several countries are expanding quarantine and monitoring measures after additional passengers from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak tested positive or developed symptoms, as governments continue repatriation operations from the Canary Islands.A French woman hospitalized in Paris tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said in a May 11 interview with France Inter.
Hantavirus Cases Rise Among Cruise Ship Passengers as Countries Expand Quarantine Measures
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