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Le paquebot néerlandais infecté à l’hantavirus ravive le fantôme du Covid-19

Trois morts, plusieurs cas suspects, un navire immobilisé, des évacuations sanitaires et un vol à retracer : l’épisode du MV Hondius réveille forcément de mauvais souvenirs. Ceux du Covid. Mais les autorités sanitaires insistent : le risque global reste faible. L’hantavirus inquiète, sans pour autant annoncer une nouvelle pandémie.

Un Paquebot néerlandais infecté à l’hantavirus ravive le fantôme du Covid-19
An aerial view of an ambulance boat carrying crew members wearing hazmat suits as they approach the pilot door on the starboard side of the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026. Two seriously ill crew members on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will be evacuated via Cape Verde to the Netherlands, allowing the vessel to sail on to Spain's Canary Islands, the ship operator said Tuesday. The MV Hondius has been at the centre of an international health scare since Saturday, when WHO was informed that the rare disease -- usually spread from infected rodents typically through urine, droppings and saliva -- was suspected of being behind the deaths of three of its passengers. As others fell ill, passengers and crew have been in isolation after Cape Verde authorities barred the ship from docking, and as health authorities scrambled to find a port that would take the Hondius. AFP

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