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Rare ‘virus outbreak’ kills travellers on Atlantic cruise ship

MV Hondius virus outbreak
MV Hondius. Image – oceanwide-expeditions.com.

Of the six affected individuals, three have died and one is currently in intensive care in South Africa, the WHO has said.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic Ocean cruise ship has left three people dead and three others sick, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday.

The WHO confirmed that it is responding to a public health incident aboard the MV Hondius after one case of hantavirus was confirmed and five others are suspected among passengers and crew. One affected individual is in intensive care in South Africa, the organization said in a statement.

“Detailed investigations are ongoing, including further laboratory testing, and epidemiological investigations. Medical care and support are being provided to passengers and crew. Sequencing of the virus is also ongoing,” the WHO stated.

The Dutch flagged MV Hondius was reportedly traveling from Argentina toward Cape Verde when several passengers fell ill, the health authorities said. The ship, which was carrying 150 to 170 people, remained outside the port of Praia, Cape Verde’s capital, as the authorities managed the outbreak.

One of the deceased, a 70-year-old man, became ill aboard the vessel and died after reaching the British territory of St. Helena Island, according to an AP report citing South Africa’s Department of Health. His 69-year-old wife collapsed at an airport in South Africa while trying to board a flight to her home country, the Netherlands, and died later in a South African hospital. The patient currently in intensive care has been identified as a British national.

The body of the third victim remains aboard the ship, along with two symptomatic crew members in need of urgent medical care, Oceanwide Expeditions, the agency operating the cruise, said in a statement on Sunday. The agency added that repatriation of the crew members depends on authorization from the local Cape Verdean health authorities.

“We are facing complex challenges, and are attempting to expedite the treatment of both individuals with the support and leadership of the Dutch authorities,” the agency wrote on Facebook.



Hantavirus infections in humans are typically linked to exposure to the urine, feces, or saliva of infected rodents, though rare cases of person-to-person transmission have been documented. The virus can cause severe respiratory or renal illness, according to the WHO.

The UN health body said it is conducting a full public health risk assessment while coordinating with member states and the ship’s operators to assist with medical evacuations.

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5 COMMENTS

  1. To the casual observer, the shift toward authoritarianism in the Western world feels like a series of unfortunate accidents. A pandemic here, an unnecessary war with Russia there, a geopolitical energy crisis after that. But to those who maintain a healthy skepticism of state power, a much more deliberate pattern emerges. The Permanent Emergency…….. https://forumgeopolitica.com/article/the-permanent-emergency-how-the-west-traded-liberty-for-the-illusion-of-security

  2. WE WILL NOT COMPLY!
    Who was on the boat that the PTB wanted rid of?
    Collateral ‘casualties’ mean nothing to Mossad / Zionist psychopathic assassins…

  3. Or did the ship not turn in time or go off course and those onboard then seen something down there not meant to be seen??

  4. Complete BS again. Viruses that we are lead to believe do not exist. So, what did these 3 people die of ? Toxins in their food/drink, in which case the cruise company would be on the hook, or as the commenters above make explicit, was it something much more nefarious ?

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