active Andes virus
Patients land in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands ·
Confirmed Andes virus cases evacuated for hospital treatment.
Hantavirus outbreak world map
Auto-pulled from WHO, ECDC, CDC, RKI, and Google News every six hours.
Note. Indicative only. Locations are derived from public news reports, not official surveillance coordinates. Margin of error can be hundreds of kilometres.
9 Active
7 Endemic
2 Historical
9 Active
7 Endemic
2 Historical
Active outbreak Endemic region Historical MV Hondius route
Note. Indicative only. Locations are derived from public news reports, not official surveillance coordinates. Margin of error can be hundreds of kilometres.
Event list
All tracked events
Every dot on the map, sorted by date. Active cases first.
active Andes virus
Britons self-isolating
United Kingdom ·
Two UK passengers self-isolating after leaving the vessel.
active Hantavirus
2 Americans being monitored after being on cruise with hantavirus outbreak
USA ·
Reported by CBS News.
active Hantavirus
Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US
Argentina ·
Reported by The Guardian.
active Andes virus
MV Hondius rerouted to Canary Islands
Tenerife, Spain ·
Spain authorised docking. Passengers under medical surveillance.
active Andes virus
Georgia residents monitored
Georgia, USA ·
Two Georgia residents under public health monitoring after disembarking.
active Andes virus
Swiss case raises total to eight
Switzerland ·
Swiss authority confirms one returning passenger positive for Andes virus.
active Hantavirus
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Argentina ·
Reported by Al Jazeera.
active Andes virus
MV Hondius anchored off Praia
Cabo Verde ·
Cape Verde refused docking. Vessel anchored offshore awaiting Spanish authorisation.
historical Andes virus
MV Hondius departure
Ushuaia, Argentina ·
Cruise vessel departs port. Passengers later test positive for Andes virus.
endemic Andes virus
Andes virus reservoir region
Patagonia, Argentina ·
Long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the natural reservoir. Sporadic HPS cases continue.
endemic Andes virus
Andes virus endemic zone
Los Lagos, Chile ·
Annual HPS cases concentrated in southern Chile near rural reservoirs.
endemic Hantaan
Hantaan virus endemic
South Korea ·
Striped field mouse reservoir. Inactivated vaccine licensed locally.
endemic Hantaan / Seoul
Hantaan / Seoul virus zone
Eastern China ·
Tens of thousands of HFRS cases reported annually. Vaccination programmes in place.
endemic Puumala
Puumala virus high incidence
Finland ·
Among the highest hantavirus incidence rates globally. Cyclical bank vole population dynamics.
endemic Sin Nombre
Four Corners region
USA Southwest ·
Site of the 1993 emergence of HPS. Deer mouse remains the reservoir; sporadic cases continue.
endemic Puumala
Puumala virus regional
Bavaria, Germany ·
Bank vole reservoir. RKI tracks several hundred mild HFRS cases annually.
historical Sin Nombre
Yosemite cabins (historical)
California, USA ·
Ten HPS cases linked to insulated tent cabins. Three deaths. Cabins later dismantled.