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Spain Confirms Second Hantavirus Case Linked to Hondius Cruise

Health officials say targeted isolation and continued monitoring will contain risk because the outbreak involves the Andes virus, which can spread between people.

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In Spanien ist ein zweiter Fall der Ansteckung mit dem Hantavirus bestätigt worden. Ein in Quarantäne befindlicher Passagier des Kreuzfahrtschiffs "Hondius" wurde positiv auf das Virus getestet, wie das spanische Gesundheitsministerium mitteilte.

Overview

  • The Spanish Health Ministry confirmed on Monday that a quarantined passenger from the cruise ship Hondius tested positive for Hantavirus and was moved to a high‑isolation unit at Gómez Ulla military hospital in Madrid.
  • Spanish authorities previously evacuated the Hondius by anchoring it off Tenerife and transferred 14 Spanish passengers to Gómez Ulla for observation and isolation after suspected exposures.
  • The World Health Organization has recorded about twelve confirmed or suspected infections tied to the voyage and three deaths, including one German passenger.
  • The strain identified is the Andes virus, the only Hantavirus known to transmit person to person, and there is no approved vaccine for Hantavirus infections.
  • Officials say the overall public risk remains low but warn that long incubation periods complicate detection and contact tracing, so close medical surveillance and targeted quarantines will continue.