Overview
- WHO now counts five laboratory‑confirmed infections linked to the MV Hondius and says three people have died in the outbreak.
- Two evacuees treated at LUMC and Radboudumc tested positive Thursday and are in strict isolation, and a third patient taken to Düsseldorf is reported stable.
- All 388 people from the April 25 Johannesburg–Amsterdam KLM flight are being monitored, and the three who reported symptoms, including a stewardess, tested negative Friday.
- Spain expects the ship to disembark passengers at Tenerife this weekend with pickups planned Monday, and the Netherlands on Friday said it will send a plane and finish a reception plan for its ten nationals by Monday.
- A Dutch military infectious‑disease doctor has boarded the ship to help plan safe disembarkation, and experts note the Andes hantavirus spreads between people mostly through close, prolonged contact and can cause severe disease.