Floating Nightmare: Cruise Ship Being Held At Sea With Deadly Virus Onboard
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🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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The World Health Organization says hantavirus has been confirmed in the death of one of three cruise ship passengers and suspected in the other 3 “urgent medical” cases. The polar cruise ship is being held off the coast of Cape Verde as health authorities are trying to coordinate the medical evacuation of two crew members who require urgent care, while another passenger is fighting for his life in the hospital. If these cases are confirmed to have spread from human to human, medical experts say this could change the future of travel medicine.
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| 0:04.3 | Hey, this is Robert from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. |
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| 0:36.5 | Hey there, folks. It is Monday, May 4th, and the same rare virus that killed actor Gene Hackman's wife |
| 0:45.1 | is now suspected in an outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed at least three people so far. |
| 0:53.1 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:56.3 | Robs, I have not heard Hanta virus since Gene Hackman and his wife died. |
| 1:02.1 | And that was the first time I had ever heard of Hanta virus. |
| 1:05.7 | And it is a rare virus. |
| 1:08.6 | And it's even rarer. |
| 1:10.1 | Apparently, there was only one strain known in the world |
| 1:13.0 | to actually spread from human to human. And right now, that is what the World Health Organization |
| 1:19.3 | believes is happening to a cruise ship that is now stranded out in a very remote part of the world |
| 1:27.2 | waiting for coordination and help to get |
| 1:30.1 | at least two urgently ill crew members off that ship and eventually somehow evacuate the 170 |
| 1:39.0 | passengers. |
| 1:39.9 | Let's start with our numbers. |
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