MV Hondius Hantavirus: 3 Deaths, 6 Confirmed Cases as Ship Arrives in Tenerife

As of WHO's May 9 count, 6 of 8 suspected cases were confirmed with 3 deaths (2 confirmed as Andes hantavirus variants). Over 100 passengers, including 17 Americans, began disembarkation procedures in the Canary Islands quarantine zone, with the U.S. and UK agreeing to deploy evacuation aircraft. WHO classified human-to-human transmission risk as 'low,' and conspiracy theories about Pfizer vaccine links were debunked as document misreading.