German Woman, ~65 (Passenger)

Treatment confirmed at University Hospital Dusseldorf, then transferred home. Prof Torsten Feldt (head of tropical medicine at the Dusseldorf clinic) said on May 8 that her admission was 'purely precautionary for medical assessment.' On the morning of May 8 she was transferred in an infection-control vehicle from Dusseldorf to a hospital near her home (the specific location has not been publicly disclosed). Quarantine and protective measures continue under German health-agency rules, which require up to six weeks of observation from last possible exposure even when PCR comes back negative. As of May 13 she has shown no symptoms

• aerzteblatt.de
• duesseldorf.t-online.de

PCR for hantavirus came back NEGATIVE at Germany's national reference laboratory. She is being tracked as an asymptomatic contact, not as a confirmed case. Earlier outlets that described her as 'confirmed positive' were inaccurate

• rustourismnews.com
• thelocal.de

[Created 2026-05-06] German woman, approximately 65 years old. MV Hondius passenger. Evacuated from the ship by air ambulance on May 6 from Cape Verde waters. Routed via Schiphol airport in the Netherlands, then transferred by Dusseldorf fire department across the Dutch-German border to University Hospital Dusseldorf. Admitted asymptomatic for precautionary testing - she had been in close contact aboard ship with the German passenger who died on May 2

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