Hantavirus kills three on luxury cruise ship, Alaska’s State Epidemiologist explains the risk
By Tracy Sinclare
Published on May 8, 2026.
A luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak is heading to Spain's Canary Islands after being stranded for five days off the coast of Cape Verde. The World Health Organization confirmed that five of the eight suspected cases from the cruise ship have tested positive. Alaska's State Epidemiologist, Dr. Joe McLaughlin, described the outbreak as a highly contained strain of hantivise that limited human-to-human transmission. The passengers are currently being monitored.
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