29 Passengers Got Off Hantavirus Cruise Ship After First Death--Flight Attendant Hospitalized With Symptoms

[Liberal In Texas]

A 69-year-old Dutch woman—whose husband died on board the ship—had briefly boarded a KLM flight from Johannesburg on which the now hospitalized attendant was serving on board.

The elderly woman—whose hantavirus infection has been confirmed by authorities—later deboarded the plane after worsening symptoms and died in a hospital in South Africa.

Authorities in the Netherlands also confirmed that a KLM flight attendant who was in contact with a now deceased passenger has been hospitalized in Amsterdam with symptoms and is being tested for a hantavirus infection.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/05/07/29-passengers-got-off-hantavirus-cruise-ship-after-first-death-flight-attendant-hospitalized-with-symptoms/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Boy does this disease sound dangerous. The Flight Attendant wasn't even in contact with the ill passenger that long!