SS: If it was just a regular virus that wasn't airborne, then there would be no risk to letting this ship dock. Thus far Cape Verde and now Canary Islands have denied it docking. Do they know something we don't?
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SS: If it was just a regular virus that wasn't airborne, then there would be no risk to letting this ship dock. Thus far Cape Verde and now Canary Islands have denied it docking. Do they know something we don't?
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[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/south-africa-confirms-andes-hantavirus-capable-of-human-spread](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/south-africa-confirms-andes-hantavirus-capable-of-human-spread)
# South Africa Confirms Andes Hantavirus Capable of Human Spread
South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases identified the [Andes](https://archive.md/o/iTj7t/https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hcp/clinical-overview/hps.html) variant of [hantavirus](https://archive.md/o/iTj7t/https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2834395), a strain capable of rare human-to-human transmission, in the deadly outbreak aboard the [*Hondius*](https://archive.md/o/iTj7t/https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/our-fleet/m-v-hondius) cruise ship.
The strain — the only hantavirus known to spread between people — typically transmits through very close contact, underscoring concerns among health officials investigating the cluster of infections and deaths linked to the Dutch-flagged vessel.
It IS airborne?..
[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20351838](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20351838)