Kansas Officials Say 3 Residents Saw ‘High-Risk Exposure’ to Hantavirus

The outbreak was reported on a cruise ship earlier this month.

Passengers of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius wait to board buses after disembarking in the port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 11, 2026. Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said that three residents of the state had “a high-risk exposure to a person with confirmed Andes hantavirus” in connection to a cruise ship outbreak.

The agency said that it is monitoring the three people who may have been exposed to the virus “after contact with an individual from the MV Hondius cruise ship who later tested positive for Andes hantavirus.”