Three die after suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship

scienceMay 3, 202628622

Three passengers have died aboard an Atlantic cruise ship after a suspected hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization said. The World Health Organization confirmed one hantavirus infection and is investigating five additional suspected cases while the ship remains at sea. Hantaviruses are typically transmitted from rodents and can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a severe respiratory illness with high fatality, making onboard containment and rodent control urgent.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(AFP) - Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the WHO said Sunday, one a confirmed case of hantavirus -- an illness usually transmitted to humans from rodents. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

3592h ago

DennisIsOk🇺🇸35

You'll never catch me in a steel can in the middle of the ocean with 5000 other people

Helena9

In all fairness, this is not the cruise ship most people replying to this thread are imagining: oceanwide-expeditions.com/our-fleet/

MartinC9

I remain baffled why anyone goes on these cruise ships period.

wscottyj.bsky.social6

That and motion sickness is why I don't do cruises...and the 3000-5000 crammed in like sardines.

minutesdrag.bsky.social5

Proud to say I’ve never been on a cruise ship and sure as shit won’t in the future.

Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 ([email protected])5

This is the actual nightmare.

Jeni McCoy5

That’s a horror story not a vacation.

4jim4

So cruise ships aren't just floating diarrhea factories. One more reason to stay off of them. They are also viral loaded mouse piss factories.

dear Abbie4

whoa, usually in dry locals (California, Arizona, NM)....that's nuts!

tejaskr.bsky.social4

Lol so funny. dying by rat in an ocean is the funniest way to go

Birdergal 💙💛🌊3

Origin Argentina. I actually know of someone who died of hantavirus in Argentina. Maybe it’s more prevalent there?

Dona Dickinson3

Yikes! Wish we had a functioning CDC.

🥒🐸🌮🦋 Anemia B2

A floating petri dish. Ew.

post malone ergo propter malone

@proptermalone.bsky.social

I was in ha-ha cruise ship illness mode but three people are apparently dead to hantavirus?

1991h ago

Stephen Nuñez37

It's a smaller ship (150 passengers). 3 dead and 3 more infected. Left out of Argentina and is now in South Africa

Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast24

I like the people in the replies who apparently don’t know more people get hantavirus from garages in the SW than have ever gotten it on a tiny cruise ship for extremely rich people lol

missingjigsaw.bsky.social11

Last time cruise ship illness made the news in a big way was also not a very ha-ha moment.

reading through the darkness9

It's a very scary disease with a high fatality rate and I can't imagine being stuck on a cruise ship where it's going around. My "no cruises, never" policy is feeling like a really solid life choice right now.

Haydon8

Yeah so just keep it in the ocean but further then

henhulks.bsky.social5

Isn’t hantavirus what killed Gene Hackman’s wife?

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social5

That must be one rat infested ship

Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade3

Ever read “The Dead Zone”? 😳😱

Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade2

@wisewonders.bsky.social rot roh… about that mouse in your house 🫨

green496.bsky.social2

Boy, looking forward to the epidemiological report about the rodent infestation on the ship!

Tredain, fluffy one2

Oh that is a baaaad way to die

Winnie Frolik2

Yeah I'm not confident about our ability to handle disease epidemics right now

Amee Vanderpool

@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social

Three people who were aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died of suspected infections of hantavirus, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, referring to a rare family of viruses carried by rodents. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/w...

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Eos and Artemis2

And this is why I don’t do cruise ships

FinTwitter

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THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON A CRUISE SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC- AFP CITING WHO WHO: ONE CASE OF HANTAVIRUS INFECTION HAS BEEN LABORATORY CONFIRMED, AND THERE ARE FIVE ADDITIONAL SUSPECTED CASES

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🌊Sandy #GunReformNow

@cynthiaharless.bsky.social

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

71h ago

Le Monde in English

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WHO confirms three deaths on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus

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billycupid

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Zombie Boat Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22h ago

Sylvaners

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"Three die on Atlantic cruise ship from suspected hantavirus: WHO" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-7ECLAfJu/F...

12h ago

Matt Johnson

@matthewjohnson.bsky.social

Holy Crap. Imagine being stuck on a 170 passenger cruise ship experiencing a hantavirus outbreak as it crosses the Atlantic.

23h ago

K🤦‍♀️𝙑

@kv417.bsky.social

🚨 Hantavirus is most commonly spread via rodents. “Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean” www.bbc.com/news/article...

3h ago

Kim

@kmbrly.bsky.social

As if I needed another reason to never step on a cruise ship. Three passengers have died aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic, with one lab-confirmed hantavirus case and five more suspected.

31h ago