From luxury cruise to public-health thriller: What happened aboard the MV Hondius before and after the hantavirus outbreak
A video shows the captain announcing the death of a passenger “from natural causes” - The cruise ship remains under quarantine while WHO specialists investigate how the “Andes strain” was transmitted
“Andean strain” of hantavirus found in two cases on MV Hondius, reactions in the Canary Islands over its docking
The Andean strain is the only one known to be transmissible from human to human; however, this occurs rarely and only in cases of very close contact. The ship is expected to dock in Tenerife
Terror for cruise ship passenger: Stuck in a water slide over the ocean – The video that has garnered 7 million views
"Anyone else having a panic attack watching this?" they wrote in the comments of the video posted on TikTok