The MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, was on its way to the Canary Islands on May 7, 2026, after evacuating three ill passengers for treatment.

Sir David’s centenary has been celebrated in an event at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

“This is not Covid, this is not influenza; it spreads very, very differently,” infectious disease epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said in a press briefing.