CAMEO+ eventHEALTH2026-05-06🇿🇦

South American hantavirus strain detected on cruise ship

source: South African Ministry of Health -> target: Cruise ship passengers

On 2026-05-06, South Africa said preliminary tests showed the Andes strain of hantavirus in a passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship. Swiss health authorities separately said another passenger was hospitalized in Zurich with hantavirus after traveling on the same cruise.

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