Hantavirus Map: From Germany to US and Singapore, the Countries Linked to Hantavirus
WHO says eight people fell ill on the MV Hondius, including three confirmed cases, and three deaths were reported as passengers remained stranded.
- On Wednesday, the World Health Organization confirmed an Andes hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship Hondius sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde, with three deaths and eight individuals ill.
- Health experts suggest a 'mixture' of transmission, including close cabin contact, as the Andes strain can rarely spread between humans, though hantaviruses typically spread through rodent droppings or urine.
- Treatment is supportive, as 'there is currently no vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for hantavirus infections.' Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is fatal in nearly 40 per cent of infected people, with symptoms appearing within eight weeks.
- Swiss authorities identified a separate infection in Zurich, while one British national is receiving treatment in Johannesburg and the Hondius remains stranded.
- Detailed investigations, including extensive laboratory testing and epidemiological studies, are underway as the World Health Organization continues sequencing the virus to understand the outbreak's transmission path.
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After several hantavirus cases on a cruise ship, attention is also growing in Germany around the virus. Thus, the situation is in Bavaria.
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Hantavirus map: From Germany to US and Singapore, the countries linked to hantavirus
On Thursday (May 7), the WHO confirmed five hantavirus cases from passengers on board the MV Hondius and three more are suspected. Health officials across the world are scrambling to contain the infection, as many of those on board the cruise have disembarked and travelled to different corners of the globe
EXPLAINER: What is the rare hantavirus Andes strain?
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases of South Africa confirmed that it is the rare Andes strain of the hantavirus that was identified among several victims on the stranded luxury cruise ship that had 150 passengers onboard and was on its way to Cape Verde.
Confirmed contagions linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius now number five, while four other cases remain under suspicion, after a Dutch flight attendant was hospitalized in Amsterdam after contact with an infected passenger.
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