Reviewed event record
WHO reported on 13 May 2026 that the MV Hondius cruise-associated Andes virus cluster included 11 reported cases, including three deaths; eight cases were laboratory-confirmed for Andes virus, two were probable, and one remained inconclusive and under further testing. WHO assessed the risk to the global population as low while international contact tracing and monitoring continued.
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Interpretation
Event-specific international update. WHO assessed global population risk as low, while contacts linked to the ship and related travel were being traced and monitored. This is not a patient-location dataset, live case tracker, or general local risk map.
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World Health Organization
Official WHO point-in-time update for the MV Hondius Andes virus event, including 11 reported cases, 9 confirmed Andes virus cases, 3 deaths, and 42-day monitoring guidance.
Briefing remarks are a point-in-time operational update; they do not provide patient locations, national live surveillance, or local risk predictions.
World Health Organization
Official international notice for the 2026 cruise-associated Andes virus cluster.
Event-specific notice; not global live surveillance.
World Health Organization
Initial WHO Disease Outbreak News notice for the 2026 MV Hondius cruise-associated Andes virus cluster.
Superseded by DON600 for updated case totals; use for timeline context only, not as a separate outbreak count.
Pan American Health Organization
PAHO coordination context and prevention summary for the cruise-associated event.
Event-specific update; not a full surveillance dataset.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Official European assessment of a 2026 multi-country cruise-associated cluster.
Rapid assessments can change as investigations continue.
World Health Organization
Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News update for the MV Hondius Andes virus cluster, including 11 reported cases, eight confirmed Andes virus infections, two probable cases, one inconclusive case, three deaths, and low global risk assessment as of 13 May 2026.
Event-specific point-in-time notice. It should not be treated as live surveillance, patient-location data, or a general local risk map.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC risk-stratification and monitoring guidance for people potentially exposed through the MV Hondius Andes virus outbreak, including 42-day monitoring and high-risk/low-risk contact definitions.
Guidance for public health authorities. It is not clinical advice for individual readers and may be revised as evidence changes.
World Health Organization
Technical context for public health, port health, and partner agencies managing disembarkation, onward travel, monitoring, and follow-up of MV Hondius passengers and crew.
Operational technical note for authorities; do not convert into consumer travel clearance advice.
World Health Organization
WHO risk-based approach for identifying, monitoring, and managing contacts of probable or confirmed Andes virus cases from the MV Hondius event.
Authority-facing guidance for this event. It should not be generalized into a public local-risk score or diagnosis workflow.