[
  {
    "source": "WHO",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "WHO: 8 hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship, 5 confirmed, 3 deaths",
    "summary": "WHO Director-General confirms 8 cases (5 confirmed) and 3 deaths aboard MV Hondius. Andes virus confirmed as the strain. WHO assesses public health risk as low, but warns more cases possible given incubation period. WHO has deployed an expert on board and shipped 2,500 diagnostic kits to laboratories in five countries.",
    "url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/07-05-2026-who-s-response-to-hantavirus-cases-linked-to-a-cruise-ship",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "WHO",
    "date": "2026-05-05",
    "title": "WHO Disease Outbreak News: Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel",
    "summary": "Official WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON599) detailing the outbreak aboard MV Hondius. Ship departed Ushuaia, Argentina on 1 April with 147 passengers/crew from 23 nationalities. Illness onset 6-28 April characterized by fever, GI symptoms, rapid progression to pneumonia and ARDS. Ship currently moored off Cabo Verde, en route to Tenerife.",
    "url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "CDC",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "CDC Statement on M/V Hondius Cruise Ship",
    "summary": "U.S. Administration closely monitoring situation with American travelers aboard. Department of State leading coordinated whole-of-government response. CDC assesses risk to American public as extremely low. Americans aboard urged to follow health official guidance.",
    "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2026-hantavirus-confirmed-cruise-ship.html",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "ECDC",
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "title": "ECDC: Hantavirus cluster on cruise ship - assessment and recommendations",
    "summary": "ECDC assessment reports 7 symptomatic passengers as of 6 May, including 3 deaths. EU/EEA passengers from 9 Member States aboard. Andes virus (ANDV) confirmed by PCR in at least one patient. Current hypothesis: passengers exposed in Argentina before embarking, with subsequent person-to-person transmission on ship. Risk to EU/EEA general population assessed as very low.",
    "url": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/hantavirus-associated-cluster-illness-cruise-ship-ecdc-assessment-and",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "STAT News",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak: experts discount pandemic fears",
    "summary": "Scientists stress this is not the next pandemic. Osterholm (UMN CIDRAP): 'With adequate respiratory protection, they could very well stop all transmission from this point forward.' Experts note Andes virus is the only hantavirus capable of person-to-person spread, but transmission remains rare. More research on hantaviruses is needed.",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-scientists-say-not-new-pandemic/",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "Reuters",
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "title": "Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak to dock in Tenerife despite Canary Islands protests",
    "summary": "Spain accepts MV Hondius despite Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo's objections. Ship sailing to Granadilla port in Tenerife for passenger evacuation and repatriation. Local concerns echo COVID-19 pandemic quarantine experiences.",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/canarians-worry-arrival-hantavirus-cruise-ship-will-bring-repeat-covid-2026-05-06/",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  },
  {
    "source": "CDC",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "CDC: About Andes Virus",
    "summary": "CDC describes Andes virus as a South American hantavirus that can cause HPS and is the only hantavirus known to spread person-to-person, usually through close contact. Symptoms appear 4-42 days after exposure. No specific antiviral treatment or vaccine available.",
    "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/about/andesvirus.html",
    "confidence": "confirmed"
  },
  {
    "source": "Wikipedia",
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "title": "MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak",
    "summary": "Developing Wikipedia article tracking the outbreak. As of 7 May: 8 suspected cases including 5 confirmed, 3 deaths. Patients hospitalized in South Africa, Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland. Ship en route to Tenerife after Spanish Ministry of Health approved arrival.",
    "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak",
    "confidence": "credible-report"
  }
]