Spain said Monday it had implemented “all measures” to prevent the spread of hantavirus from passengers evacuated from a cruise ship linked to a

Ghebreyesus attend a press conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Tuesday, May 12, 2026.

An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.

A French woman who tested positive for hantavirus after disembarking from the virus-stricken cruise ship is now in a critical condition after doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as anxiety. The passenger’s condition started to deteriorate rapidly after she was finally able to leave the ill-fated MV Hondius vessel when it docked in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday,

Spain reports new hantavirus case tied to MV Hondius outbreak as WHO confirms nine infections and three deaths.

A woman who survived hantavirus in an outbreak decades ago is speaking out about her experience as 18 Americans remain in quarantine and isolation after being evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship.

Hantaviruses have long incubation periods, meaning the time between when a person is exposed and starts showing symptoms can be weeks or even months.

As Spain and France impose strict 42-day quarantines on cruise passengers exposed to hantavirus, U.S. officials say asymptomatic Americans may eventually continue isolation and symptom monitoring from home.