China CDC says cruise-linked Andes hantavirus poses low risk domestically

China CDC says cruise-linked Andes hantavirus poses low risk domestically

China's disease control authority said on Friday that the Andes hantavirus linked to an outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius poses a low public health risk in China, as the virus has no known natural host and no reported human infections in the country, according to local media reports.

Africa CDC calls for vigilance against hantavirus despite low risk to Africa

ADDIS ABABA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged precautionary measures against hantavirus, while assessing the outbreak as posing only a minimal risk to the continent. The call followed a cluster of hantavirus infections identified on an international cruise ship, MV Hondius, that departed Argentina for Spain's Canary Islands, carrying 147 individuals.