{"id":40659,"date":"2026-05-18T09:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-hondius-docks-in-rotterdam-netherlands-for-disinfection\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:51:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:51:55","slug":"hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-hondius-docks-in-rotterdam-netherlands-for-disinfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-hondius-docks-in-rotterdam-netherlands-for-disinfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Hantavirus-hit cruise ship Hondius docks in Rotterdam, Netherlands for disinfection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-33b470\" class=\"body-graf\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/hantavirus-us-states-west-hot-spots-rodents-colorado-new-mexico-rcna344209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hantavirus-stricken cruise ship<\/a> arrived Monday in the Netherlands, ending a seven-week, 8,500 mile journey that was hit by up to 11 infections and three deaths from the rare disease.<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><img src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTQiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyNCAxNCIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj4KPGcgY2xpcC1wYXRoPSJ1cmwoI2NsaXAwXzM3M18yNjg3KSI+CjxwYXRoIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgY2xpcC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIiBkPSJNMTUuMTAwNiAwLjA2ODU1NTdDMTMuNTEwNiAtMC4zMDg5ODUgMTIuMDM5IDAuOTI3ODg0IDEyLjIwMjQgMi42MjQ5NEgxMi4yMDQzSDEzLjIzNDVDMTMuMjM0NSAyLjYyNDk0IDEzLjcxNTQgMi42MTkzIDEzLjg1NTMgMi45NDMzMUMxMy44NTUzIDIuOTQzMzEgMTIuMzMwMSAzLjUyMDg5IDEyLjQ1MTMgNC40NTkxMUwxMy40MDA4IDExLjM2MUwxNi43MjM1IDMuNDE3NTlDMTcuMjMwNiAyLjIxMTcxIDE2LjY2NDMgMC40MzI5NDggMTUuMTAwNiAwLjA2ODU1NTdaIiBmaWxsPSIjNjc1RUE5Ii8+CjxwYXRoIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgY2xpcC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIiBkPSJNMTAuNTUyMyAxMy45MzA1TDQuMDc2OCA5LjQxMzE1QzIuNDI4NTggOC4yNjA4MSAwLjc5ODIwNCA5LjQzNDc1IDAuNDUyNTk1IDEwLjY0OTFDLTAuMDU2NDI3OCAxMi40MzkxIDEuMDgzNzEgMTMuOTMwNSAyLjg3NTYyIDEzLjkzMDVIMTAuNTUyM1oiIGZpbGw9IiNGQ0NDMTYiLz4KPHBhdGggZmlsbC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIiBjbGlwLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiIGQ9Ik0xMS40MDI1IDIuNzM0NzlDMTEuNjQyIDAuOTgxMzg1IDEwLjE0MTIgLTAuMzE2NTI5IDguNTE2NDYgMC4wNjg1MjUzQzYuOTUyNzcgMC40MzI5MTggNi4zODY0NiAyLjIxMTY4IDYuODkzNiAzLjQxNzU2TDEwLjIxNjMgMTEuMzYwOUwxMS40MDI1IDIuNzM0NzlaIiBmaWxsPSIjRUQxOTQzIi8+CjxwYXRoIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgY2xpcC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIiBkPSJNOS45NTAzOSAxMi42NjM2TDYuNzYyOSA1LjA1NzM1QzYuMDE2MjcgMy4yOTM2MSA0LjA0MDI4IDMuMDc0NzkgMi45NDgwNCA0LjEwODhDMi4xNzk4MSA0LjgzNzU4IDEuNTgyNTEgNi44MjI5NiAzLjMwMjExIDguMDI1MDhMOS45NTAzOSAxMi42NjM2WiIgZmlsbD0iI0YzNzIyMSIvPgo8cGF0aCBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiIGNsaXAtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgZD0iTTEzLjA2NDcgMTMuOTMwNUwxOS41NDAyIDkuNDEzMTVDMjEuMTg4NCA4LjI2MDgxIDIyLjgxODggOS40MzQ3NSAyMy4xNjQ0IDEwLjY0OTFDMjMuNjczNCAxMi40MzkxIDIyLjUzMzMgMTMuOTMwNSAyMC43NDE0IDEzLjkzMDVIMTMuMDY0N1oiIGZpbGw9IiMxM0FDNEIiLz4KPHBhdGggZmlsbC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIiBjbGlwLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiIGQ9Ik0xMy42NjY1IDEyLjY2MzZMMTYuODU0IDUuMDU3MzVDMTcuNjAwNiAzLjI5MzYxIDE5LjU3NjYgMy4wNzQ3OSAyMC42Njg5IDQuMTA4OEMyMS40MzcxIDQuODM3NTggMjIuMDM0NCA2LjgyMjk2IDIwLjMxNDggOC4wMjUwOEwxMy42NjY1IDEyLjY2MzZaIiBmaWxsPSIjMUU5Q0Q4Ii8+CjwvZz4KPGRlZnM+CjxjbGlwUGF0aCBpZD0iY2xpcDBfMzczXzI2ODciPgo8cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMjQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTMuODY2NyIgZmlsbD0id2hpdGUiLz4KPC9jbGlwUGF0aD4KPC9kZWZzPgo8L3N2Zz4K\" alt=\"NBC News Icon\" class=\"styles_icon__wRwWv\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b749b6\" class=\"body-graf\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/mv-hondius-cruise-ship-arrive-netherlands-monday-rcna345547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MV Hondius cruise ship<\/a> docked in Rotterdam just after 4:30 a.m. ET for disinfection after putting authorities across the world on alert thanks to the deadly outbreak of a communicable strain of the virus primarily spread by rodents. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7eeab8\" class=\"body-graf\">Only Captain Jan Dobrogowski and 26 crew members remained on board, with most passengers \u2014 including 18 Americans \u2014 under quarantine in their home countries. The body of a German man who died at sea was also on the ship.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f261f9\" class=\"body-graf\">The ship set off from the Antarctic city of Ushuaia in Southern Argentina on April 1 with almost 150 people on board, on a nature sight-seeing expedition that took in some of the world\u2019s most remote islands.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e5c47c\" class=\"body-graf\">A World Health Organization investigation is underway to pinpoint the origin of the virus but a working theory is that the first person to contract the disease may have been exposed to rodents on a bird-watching trip.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8d0b0e\" class=\"body-graf\">There have so far been nine laboratory-confirmed cases among people who were on board the Hondius and two suspected cases. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-879ac3\" class=\"body-graf\">The incubation period for hantavirus is up to six weeks and on Saturday it was revealed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/canadian-hondius-cruise-passenger-positive-hantavirus-rcna345478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Hondius passenger tested positive<\/a> last week and is being treated in hospital. Like other patients, the passenger has the Andes strain which can be transmitted from person to person.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d0752d\" class=\"body-graf\">Other passengers, including the Americans, are now isolating at home or in hotels since they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/hantavirus-stricken-cruise-ship-arrives-tenerife-rcna344318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left the ship <\/a>on May 10 on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-546653\" class=\"body-graf\">The vessel had been stranded off its intended final destination, Cape Verde in west Africa, after authorities denied it permission to dock there.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fd1fc8\" class=\"body-graf\">Hantavirus is endemic in parts of South America but remains very rare among humans and has never before been recorded on a cruise ship. Global and U.S. health officials have consistently attempted to calm fears of a wider outbreak.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8f969d\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">As for the Hondius, it is set to sail again as soon as next month after being disinfected and inspected by public health officials. The Polartours website lists a \u201cPolar Cruise\u201d starting on June 5, with prices starting at $5,750 per person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/hantavirus-cruise-ship-hondius-docks-rotterdam-netherlands-disinfect-rcna345631\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship arrived Monday in the Netherlands, ending a seven-week, 8,500 mile journey that was hit by up to 11 infections and three deaths from the rare disease.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo4.dedicatedhost247.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}