Hantavirus updates as ship expected in Merseyside this weekend
About 24 passengers will be screened for hantavirus and isolated for up to 72 hours before repatriation, officials said.
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The outbreak of the Andes virus (ANDV) detected on passengers of the MV-Hondius cruise has forced the Spanish health authorities to deploy an exceptional protocol of epidemiological surveillance and preventive isolation. The technical document prepared for the management of contacts and possible cases reflects the public health concern about a rare pathogen, but with the ability to cause serious and life-threatening conditions. Andes virus belon…
Brits on Hantavirus cruise ship to isolate at Merseyside hospital
The government is in the process of organising the repatriation of the British passengers and crew from the MV Hondius, which is expected to dock in the Canary Islands this weekend, before being flown to the UK to isolate at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral
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