German Woman (Passenger)

Confirmed by lab test on May 10 after a postmortem PCR performed in a Dutch laboratory. Germany's Robert Koch Institute now lists three outbreak deaths including one person from Germany but is not releasing demographic details. Her body remained on board when the MV Hondius departed Tenerife on May 11; per Oceanwide Expeditions and Euronews, her remains will only be disembarked after the ship reaches Rotterdam on the evening of Sunday May 17, where ship disinfection will also take place. Repatriation arrangements for the body have not yet been made public

• rki.de
• de.euronews.com

Andes virus infection was confirmed via a postmortem sample sent to the Netherlands alongside evacuated patients; testing in the Netherlands confirmed the Andes strain, resolving prior PCR ambiguity. Her remains stayed aboard MV Hondius after passenger disembarkation began at Granadilla, Tenerife on May 10 2026, with the ship scheduled to continue to Rotterdam (approximately five-day transit) for disinfection with her body still on board

• cnn.com
• timesofisrael.com

German female, age unknown. MV Hondius passenger. Symptom onset April 28 aboard ship (ship en route to Cape Verde). Presented with pneumonia, fever, malaise. Died aboard ship May 2. Third death in the cluster. PCR confirmation status inconsistent across sources — death attributed to hantavirus but formal lab confirmation unclear. Body remained aboard ship as of May 8. Sources: CNN, NPR, Wikipedia. Updated 2026-05-09: Postmortem sample tested in the Netherlands confirmed Andes-strain hantavirus per CNN reporting, resolving earlier conflicting accounts about lab status. Specific lab-result date not published in any reviewed timeline; Wikipedia summary still tallies '2 of 3 confirmed' despite CNN's confirmation language, so status remains lightly contested

cnn.com (May 8), en.wikipedia.org, oceanwide-expeditions.com, WHO May 7 statement