US travel blogger comes to defense of hantavirus-struck cruise ship and says vessel is clean with strong biosecurity

NewsWorldUS travel blogger comes to defense of hantavirus-struck cruise ship and says vessel is clean with strong biosecurityTravel blogger Jake Rosmarin says suggestions that the MV Hondius ship is not clean are ‘not accurate’Isabel Keane in New York Tuesday 05 May 2026 21:42 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971026","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship-outbreak-jake-rosmarin-b2971026.html","title":"US travel blogger comes to the defense of hantavirus-struck cruise ship "}}ClosePassenger makes emotional plea from hantavirus-struck vesselFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/breakingNews1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey...