Overview
- Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said the expedition ship is sailing to the Canary Islands with medical checks planned for every passenger and crew member upon docking, with arrival scheduled for May 9.
- Authorities earlier evacuated five symptomatic travelers from the vessel, with two confirmed cases treated in Johannesburg and Zurich and three others taken to the Netherlands and Germany.
- WHO and national health agencies are running a joint investigation into the cluster, and officials have not ruled out person-to-person transmission as they trace exposures across countries.
- Ukraine reported that five of its crew members on board show no signs of illness and remain under consular oversight from Kyiv’s embassy in the Netherlands and consulate in Malaga.
- In the Netherlands, a KLM flight attendant was hospitalized with suspected hantavirus after contact with a woman who died in Johannesburg, and health officials said she is isolated while tests are pending.