2 New Jersey Residents Potentially Exposed To Hantavirus

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This is concerning.

Two New Jersey residents are being monitored by medical professionals after coming into contact with a passenger of the MV Hondius who contracted the hantavirus.

As the WLT Report previously reported, several passengers on board the MV Hondius, which operates as a cruise ship, have died after contracting the hantavirus.

NBC 10 Philadelphia provided further details on the New Jersey residents’ exposure to the hantavirus:

Two New Jersey residents were potentially exposed to a person infected with hantavirus, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.

On Friday, May 8, 2026, the NJDOH said it was notified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of two residents who were possibly exposed to a person infected with hantavirus. Officials said the infected person departed from the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a deadly outbreak was reported.

According to officials, the New Jersey residents were not passengers on the cruise ship, but were potentially exposed to the infected person during air travel abroad.

The NJDOH said neither of the residents has reported having any symptoms that could suggest an infection. As a precaution, the NJDOH said it is now working with local health officials to monitor returning travelers.

Officials said no current hantavirus cases have been identified in New Jersey, and there is no history of a confirmed hantavirus case reported in the state.

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has since released a statement regarding the possible exposure incident:

The New Jersey Department of Health been notified by the CDC that two New Jersey residents were potentially exposed to a person infected with hantavirus after that individual departed from the cruise ship MV Hondius. The residents were not passengers on the ship, and the…

— Governor Mikie Sherrill (@GovSherrillNJ) May 8, 2026

Full Text:

The New Jersey Department of Health been notified by the CDC that two New Jersey residents were potentially exposed to a person infected with hantavirus after that individual departed from the cruise ship MV Hondius. The residents were not passengers on the ship, and the potential exposure occurred during air travel abroad.

Both individuals are being monitored in coordination with local health officials and are not currently showing symptoms.

Risk to the public remains very low. There are no confirmed cases of hantavirus in New Jersey.

We will continue to keep residents informed as the situation develops.

The WHO has claimed the new hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID-19 pandemic:

Passengers Prepare to Disembark Ship at Center of Hantavirus Outbreak, as WHO Chief Says It's 'Not Another COVID' https://t.co/Gxg8N2FN0r

— People (@people) May 9, 2026

People reported more on the WHO’s latest statement on the hantavirus:

As the MV Hondius cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak plans to return to land, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to make it clear that the epidemic is “not another COVID.”

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus penned a letter to the residents of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday, May 9, as the cruise ship plans to dock in the area the next day. On Sunday, May 10, Ghebreyesus will be joined by Spain’s Health Minister Monica Garcia and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska to coordinate the disembarkation of passengers and some crew.

“I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word ‘outbreak’ and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment,” Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

“But I need you to hear me clearly: This is not another COVID. The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low,” he continued. “My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now. … The risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low. This is the WHO’s assessment, and we do not make it lightly.”

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