[
  {
    "date": "2026-04-01",
    "date_display": "1 Apr 2026",
    "event": "MV Hondius departs Ushuaia (Argentina) with 147 people on board (88 passengers and 59 crew from 23 nationalities).",
    "source_label": "WHO DON 599",
    "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-04-06",
    "date_display": "6 Apr 2026",
    "event": "First passenger develops symptoms.",
    "source_label": "WHO DON 599",
    "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-04-13",
    "date_display": "13–15 Apr 2026",
    "event": "MV Hondius calls at Tristan da Cunha (13–15 April); a British national on the island later develops suspected hantavirus.",
    "source_label": "SCMP",
    "source_url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3352958/new-suspected-hantavirus-cases-found-spain-and-remote-tristan-da-cunha"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-04-11",
    "date_display": "11 Apr 2026",
    "event": "First death on board. Initially attributed to natural causes.",
    "source_label": "Wikipedia: MV Hondius",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-04-24",
    "date_display": "24 Apr 2026",
    "event": "Approximately 30 passengers disembark in Saint Helena. Body of first deceased airlifted; spouse leaves the ship.",
    "source_label": "Wikipedia: MV Hondius",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-04-26",
    "date_display": "26 Apr 2026",
    "event": "Spouse of first deceased dies in a Johannesburg hospital.",
    "source_label": "Wikipedia: MV Hondius",
    "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-04-28",
    "date_display": "28 Apr 2026",
    "event": "Final symptom-onset date in the cluster (illness onsets span 6-28 April).",
    "source_label": "WHO DON 599",
    "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-02",
    "date_display": "2 May 2026",
    "event": "Third death on board. WHO receives the official report; ICAO and partner agencies notified.\",WHO DON 599",
    "source_label": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599",
    "source_url": ""
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-03",
    "date_display": "3 May 2026",
    "event": "Ship arrives at Praia (Cabo Verde). Passengers cannot disembark.",
    "source_label": "WHO DON 599",
    "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-04",
    "date_display": "4 May 2026",
    "event": "WHO publishes Disease Outbreak News 2026-DON599: 7 cases (2 lab-confirmed and 5 suspected) and 3 deaths. Global risk assessment: low.",
    "source_label": "WHO DON 599",
    "source_url": "https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON599"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "date_display": "6 May 2026",
    "event": "ECDC publishes threat assessment for the EU/EEA. Risk: very low. Three patients evacuated to the Netherlands.",
    "source_label": "ECDC",
    "source_url": "https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/hantavirus-associated-cluster-illness-cruise-ship-ecdc-assessment-and"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "date_display": "7 May 2026",
    "event": "Ship leaves Cabo Verde for the Canary Islands. Contact tracing active in eight countries. WHO advises against travel restrictions.",
    "source_label": "UN News",
    "source_url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167458"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "date_display": "7 May 2026",
    "event": "US CDC activates its Emergency Operations Center and classifies the response as Level 3 (the lowest level of emergency activation); situation actively monitored.",
    "source_label": "CDC EOC",
    "source_url": "https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "UKHSA reports a third suspected case in a British national on Tristan da Cunha and stands up isolation arrangements for British nationals returning from the ship.",
    "source_label": "UKHSA",
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-update-on-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "date_display": "6 May 2026",
    "event": "UK Foreign Secretary issues statement on the hantavirus outbreak coordinating with WHO FCDO and Dutch authorities for the safe repatriation of British nationals.",
    "source_label": "FCDO",
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretarys-statement-hantavirus-outbreak-6-may-2026"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "date_display": "7 May 2026",
    "event": "WHO deploys an expert aboard MV Hondius and arranges shipment of 2500 diagnostic kits from Argentina to laboratories in five countries to strengthen testing capacity.",
    "source_label": "WHO",
    "source_url": "https://www.who.int/news/item/07-05-2026-who-s-response-to-hantavirus-cases-linked-to-a-cruise-ship"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "Spain's interior ministry confirms evacuation plan: MV Hondius expected offshore Tenerife on 10 May; tender-boat evacuations begin 11 May with the ship remaining anchored offshore.",
    "source_label": "Spain MoI via Reuters",
    "source_url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/08/hantavirus-cruise-ship/89db51c8-4ab1-11f1-a119-857cd2bf4fd4_story.html"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "CBS News reports five US states (including Georgia Arizona and California) are monitoring residents who were on the MV Hondius.",
    "source_label": "CBS News",
    "source_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hantavirus-cruise-ship-mv-hondius-passengers-monitored-us-worldwide/"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "date_display": "7 May 2026",
    "event": "BBC News reports a University of Bath team (Prof. Asel Sartbaeva and the Ensilitech spinout) developing an mRNA hantavirus vaccine using ensilication; pre-clinical stage with Phase 1 trials targeted next.",
    "source_label": "BBC News",
    "source_url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy52ng5wkdyo"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "Spain reports its first suspected hantavirus case: a woman hospitalised in isolation in Alicante after sharing a flight with a Hondius passenger who later died in Johannesburg; samples sent to the National Microbiology Centre.",
    "source_label": "Spain Ministry of Health via RTÉ",
    "source_url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0508/1572287-hantavirus-cruise-ship/"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "UKHSA confirms a 45-day post-arrival self-isolation period for all British passengers and crew of the MV Hondius; the FCDO charters a dedicated repatriation flight from Tenerife.",
    "source_label": "UKHSA",
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-update-on-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "RIVM reports that the three airplane-contact tests in the Netherlands have all returned negative for Andes virus.",
    "source_label": "RIVM",
    "source_url": "https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/update-hantavirus"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "date_display": "7 May 2026",
    "event": "PAHO publishes a statement supporting international coordination on the MV Hondius cluster and announces a regional preparedness training workshop for June 2026 in Panama.",
    "source_label": "PAHO",
    "source_url": "https://www.paho.org/en/news/7-5-2026-paho-supports-international-response-hantavirus-pulmonary-syndrome-cases-linked"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "Spain confirms 14 Spanish nationals from MV Hondius will undergo up to 45 days of quarantine at Madrid's Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla per Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla.",
    "source_label": "Padilla via Euronews",
    "source_url": "https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/07/40-passengers-left-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "date_display": "6 May 2026",
    "event": "Argentine health ministry publishes a report detailing the index case's four-month travel itinerary across Chile Uruguay and Argentina from 27 November 2025 to 1 April 2026 and dispatches Malbrán Institute teams to Ushuaia for rodent sampling.",
    "source_label": "Argentine Ministry of Health",
    "source_url": "https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/salud-monitorea-junto-organismos-internacionales-los-casos-de-hantavirus-reportados-en-el"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "US CDC dispatches teams to meet American passengers from MV Hondius in the Canary Islands and at Nebraska's National Quarantine Unit; about 17 Americans are on board per Oceanwide Expeditions.",
    "source_label": "CDC via CNN",
    "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/08/health/cruise-ship-hantavirus-passengers"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "date_display": "7 May 2026",
    "event": "Singapore CDA activates public health measures for two Singapore residents (67 and 65 years old) who shared a 25 April flight from St Helena to Johannesburg with a confirmed case; both isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases pending PCR results.",
    "source_label": "Singapore CDA",
    "source_url": "https://www.cda.gov.sg/news-and-events/public-health-measures-activated-for-two-singapore-residents-onboard-mv-hondius/"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "Public Health Agency of Canada confirms three Canadians (two in Ontario and one in Quebec) are self-isolating at home with no symptoms; four Canadians remain on board MV Hondius and consular officials are heading to the Canary Islands.",
    "source_label": "PHAC via CBC News",
    "source_url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hantavirus-cruise-ontario-passengers-isolating-9.7191211"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "WHO reaffirms the wider hantavirus outbreak risk is 'absolutely low' as the global tally reaches 8 cases (5 laboratory-confirmed and 3 suspected) and 3 deaths; a KLM flight attendant in close contact with the index case tests negative.",
    "source_label": "UN News",
    "source_url": "https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/05/1167465"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "New Jersey Department of Health confirms two NJ residents under monitoring after sharing a flight abroad with a confirmed MV Hondius case; neither is symptomatic and no hantavirus cases have been identified in New Jersey.",
    "source_label": "NJDOH",
    "source_url": "https://www.nj.gov/health/news/2026/approved/20260508a.shtml"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "Singapore CDA confirms both residents under monitoring at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases tested PCR-negative for hantavirus; they remain in 30-day quarantine per protocol.",
    "source_label": "Singapore CDA",
    "source_url": "https://www.cda.gov.sg/news-and-events/public-health-measures-activated-for-two-singapore-residents-onboard-mv-hondius/"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "RIVM confirms all three aircraft contacts of the Dutch confirmed case tested negative for Andes virus; the KLM flight attendant who assisted the Dutch case also tests negative.",
    "source_label": "RIVM",
    "source_url": "https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/update-hantavirus"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "UK government charters a repatriation flight for 22 British nationals from Tenerife on 10 May; UKHSA and FCDO officials will meet the ship on arrival to carry out health assessments.",
    "source_label": "UKHSA",
    "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa-update-on-the-hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak"
  },
  {
    "date": "2026-05-08",
    "date_display": "8 May 2026",
    "event": "CDC confirms 17 American passengers from MV Hondius will quarantine at Nebraska Medicine's National Quarantine Unit; six US states now monitor nine residents in total, none symptomatic.",
    "source_label": "CDC via NBC News",
    "source_url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/flight-attendant-tests-negative-hantavirus-new-case-suspected-remote-i-rcna344191"
  }
]