Americans to be evacuated from Hantavirus cruise ship as global health chief travels to quarantine island

17 Americans volition beryllium among the 150 radical evacuated from the M/V Hondius cruise vessel aft an outbreak of a strain of Hantavirus arsenic the World Health Organization's caput tells the nationalist that the trending microorganism "is not different COVID-19."

The cruise ship, which volition anchor disconnected the seashore of Spain's Canary Islands connected Sunday, volition beryllium followed soon aft by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

In a lengthy Saturday greeting connection posted to X, Ghebreyesus assured the globe that the hazard Hantavirus poses to nationalist wellness remains low.

"I cognize you are worried. I cognize that erstwhile you perceive the connection 'outbreak' and ticker a vessel sail toward your shores, memories aboveground that nary of america person afloat enactment to rest," Ghebreyesus wrote.

"The symptom of 2020 is inactive real, and I bash not disregard it for a azygous moment. But I request you to perceive maine clearly: this is not different COVID-19. The existent nationalist wellness hazard from Hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I person said this unequivocally, and I volition accidental it again to you now," helium continued.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks during an event. (Lian Yi/Xinhua)

Ghebreyesus claimed helium would beryllium personally visiting Tenerife, the Canary isle wherever passengers volition get aft evacuating the cruise ship.

"I mean to question to Tenerife to observe this cognition firsthand, to basal alongside the wellness workers, larboard staff, and officials who are making it happen, and to personally wage my respects to an land that has responded to a hard concern with grace, solidarity, and compassion," helium wrote.

Health workers disembark from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius cruise vessel disconnected Cape Verde connected May 4, 2026, aft 3 passengers died and respective others fell earnestly sick successful a suspected hantavirus outbreak. (Qasem Elhato/AP)

"Your humanity deserves to beryllium witnessed, not conscionable acknowledged from a distance. As I person said galore times: viruses bash not attraction astir politics, and they bash not respect borders. The champion immunity immoderate of america has is solidarity," the WHO caput continued.

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Despite his assurances, however, Dr. Tedros besides warned the nationalist to enactment vigilant against the microorganism which has already claimed 3 lives connected the cruise ship.

"The microorganism aboard the MV Hondius is the Andes strain of hantavirus. It is serious. Three radical person mislaid their lives, and our hearts spell retired to their families," helium wrote, though again reiterated that nationalist wellness hazard was low.

The cruise vessel MV Hondius is stationary disconnected the larboard of Praia, Cape Verde, connected May 3, 2026, amid an outbreak of terrible acute respiratory unwellness that has caused 2 deaths and near a 3rd diligent successful intensive attraction successful Johannesburg, South Africa. The diligent tested affirmative for hantavirus, according to South African wellness officials. (AFP via Getty Images)

The U.S. authorities is readying connected further evacuating the American passengers to a subject basal successful Nebraska for quarantine and monitoring, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

President Donald Trump weighed successful connected the outbreak personally, telling reporters Friday, "We person precise bully radical looking astatine it. It seems to beryllium okay. They cognize the microorganism precise well. They've worked with it for a agelong time. They cognize it precise well. Not casual to walk on. So we anticipation that's true."

"Our American passengers, they're gonna beryllium taken to Nebraska, to a halfway wherever they volition beryllium monitored. They volition beryllium isolated, they'll cheque their captious signs, their temperature, their oxygen level, their humor pressure," Dr. Janet Nesheiwat, a erstwhile Trump-tapped nominee for Surgeon General, told Fox News connected Saturday.

"If they commencement to make immoderate symptoms, we tin intervene early. Because arsenic it is close now, there's nary circumstantial attraction for this microorganism different than supportive care, similar oxygen, fluids, hydration, analgesics," she said.

Fox News Digital contacted the WHO and the CDC for further remark but did not instantly person a response.

Fox News Digital's Brittany Miller contributed to this report.