Evacuated US and French MV Hondius passengers test positive for hantavirus

<p>French woman taken to Paris in serious condition while American flown to Nebraska is asymptomatic, say officials</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/11/ukraine-russia-eu-ministers-brussels-putin-zelenskyy-hantavirus-spain-europe-latest-news-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>A French woman and an American national evacuated from the cruise ship at the centre of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/hantavirus">deadly hantavirus outbreak</a> have tested positive for the virus, as the complex operation to repatriate those onboard continued on Monday.</p><p>The French woman was one of five French passengers who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/hantavirus-cruise-ship-tenerife-evacuate-passengers-mv-hondius">disembarked from the ship</a> in Tenerife on Sunday before being flown to a hospital in Paris.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/evacuated-us-and-french-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-passengers-test-positive-for-hantavirus">Continue reading...</a>