French Evacuee Shows Hantavirus Symptoms on Flight to Paris
French officials placed five evacuees in strict isolation after one passenger developed symptoms on a repatriation flight, as the outbreak has killed three people.
- A passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius showed symptoms of hantavirus while being repatriated from Tenerife to Paris on a chartered flight.
- French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the infected passenger was among five people evacuated from the vessel following the outbreak.
- French authorities immediately placed all five passengers in strict isolation until further notice to prevent further spread of the disease.
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She is one of the five French passengers repatriated by plane this Sunday and placed in isolation at the Bichat hospital in Paris. A woman is in resuscitation tonight. She has been tested positive for the hantavirus. Four other cruisers, though tested negative and without symptoms, are also required to stay for at least 15 days in the hospital. The 22 other French, identified as contact cases, will be quickly isolated in hospital. (Health and we…
Before Tenerife, the last passengers leave the »Hondius«, which is affected by a hantavirus outbreak. Captain Jan Dobrogowski is now addressing her and his crew.
The French woman repatriated from the MV Hondius who tested positive for hantavirus presents a "quite rapid progression" of the disease and her condition "made worse...
Day after testing positive for hantavirus, French woman's health worsens
The woman was one of the five French nationals repatriated on Sunday after being evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was hit by the outbreak of the hantavirus. While specific clinical details were not disclosed, reports indicate she began developing symptoms during her flight to Paris.
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