Countries track passengers of virus-hit ship

Health officials across the globe are racing to track passengers of the luxury cruise ship hit by the deadly hantavirus and their immediate contacts

NATIONALITIES ONBOARD DURING VOYAGE (28 countries)*

Philippines
UK
U.S.
Netherlands
Spain
Germany
Canada
France
Türkiye
Ukraine
Australia
Belgium
Ireland
Switzerland
New Zealand
India

38
31
23
16
14
9
6
5
5
5
4
2
2
2
2
2

Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Singapore, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Sweden (1 passenger each)

Guatemala, Montenegro, Portugal, Poland, Russia (1 crew each)

ITINERARY
Apr 24
Ascension Island
Apr 1
MV Hondius sets sail from Ushuaia
Apr 6: South Georgia
Apr 13
Tristan da Cunha
Apr 17
Gough Island
May 3
Cape Verde
Due May 10
Canary Islands
Apr 24
St. Helena. Wife of first victim flown to South Africa
Apr 11: First passenger dies
Apr 26
Johannesburg. The woman dies
May 2
Third person dies on ship

Atlantic Ocean
ARGENTINA
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
SWITZ.
1,240 miles
2,000km

CASES (As of May 8)
Three people – Dutch couple and German national – have died
Four others confirmed infected; two Britons, one Dutch and one Swiss national treated in hospitals in the Netherlands, South Africa and Switzerland

Hantavirus usually spreads through rodents, but can rarely spread person-to-person


Sources: WHO, Reuters, BBC, Oceanwide Expeditions
*Oceanwide Expeditions via BBC, includes 30 passengers who disembarked on Apr 24
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