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Nebraska Medicine's Davis Global Center is seen on Sunday, May 10,2026 in Omaha, Neb. where American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship will quarantine.

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2 passengers, French and American, test positive for hantavirus after cruise ship evacuation

2 passengers, French and American, test positive for hantavirus after cruise ship evacuation

A French woman evacuated from a cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus and her health worsened in the hospital overnight, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said Monday. The woman was among five French passengers repatriated Sunday to Paris from the MV Hondius. She developed symptoms on the flight to Paris, Rist told public broadcaster France-Inter. Passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. The World Health Organization recommended close monitoring of the former passengers, and many countries quarantined them. An American passenger being flown to Nebraska also tested positive but had no symptoms.