It started as the ultimate expedition to the South Pole, but it ended in an international manhunt for a deadly virus. While a Dutch couple returned home in coffins and two Flemish people floated in fear at sea, the world holds its breath: is this the start of something much bigger? We reconstructed the fatal voyage of cruise ship MV Hondius from day to day. “Patients go from ‘a little sick’ to life-threatening in the blink of an eye.”
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How the dream of a Dutch couple turned into fear of a new pandemic: the deadly trail of the cruise ship with hantavirus from day to day
Bytaketonews
May 9, 2026
