Hantavirus ship passenger: ‘We were not well informed’

Health newsHantavirus ship passenger: ‘We were not well informed’Ruhi Cenet filmed the moment the ship’s captain announced the first death of a passenger. “Tragic as it is, it was due to natural causes, we believe,” the captain said.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00 body:has(.jw-flag-floating) .article-hero__container, body:has(.jw-flag-floating) .article-hero__media-holder, body:has(.jw-flag-floating) #content { z-index: auto; } Add NBC News to GoogleSick passengers evacuated from cruise hit by hantavirus outbreak02:06Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 7, 2026, 6:08 AM EDTBy Jay GanglaniThose on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak were “not well informed,” a passenger has told NBC News, with life continuing as usual even after the first death was announced. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Ruhi Cenet was among the nearly 150 passengers aboard the Hondius. The Turkish travel vlogger has said that he boarded the ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 to do a story about one of its stops, a remote archipelago in the South Atlantic. But what started out as a luxury voyage soon turned “odd,” he said in an interview Wednesday. body:has(.jw-flag-floating) .article-hero__container, body:has(.jw-flag-floating) .article-hero__media-holder, body:has(.jw-flag-floating) #content { z-index: auto; } Add NBC News to GoogleVideo shows captain reporting first death on cruise ship affected by hantavirus01:41On April 12, the ship’s captain began making an announcement to the passengers.Cenet said he immediately felt that something was wrong because the captain had not participated in previous briefings. He decided to record the announcement.“I felt something odd,” Cenet said.The video shows the moment the captain announced into a microphone that a passenger had died a day earlier. “This is my sad duty to inform you that one of our passengers suddenly passed away last nig...