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Passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius prepare to board a plane bound for the United States at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Antonio Sempere/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on May 10 that one American evacuated from the MV Hondius tested positive for the Andes strain of the hantavirus, which can spread between humans, while another American showing mild symptoms.
The two individuals are among 17 American passengers evacuated from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship, which has been at the center of a hantavirus outbreak.
