No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency
WHO said the risk of a major outbreak remains low after 7 confirmed cases and 3 deaths, while 122 people were repatriated.
- On Tuesday, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated there is "no sign" of a larger hantavirus outbreak after the final passengers evacuated the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- The Andes hantavirus strain, which has a roughly 40% fatality rate, infected passengers after a 70-year-old Dutch man died aboard on April 11, marking the first of three total deaths linked to the vessel.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez coordinated the evacuation of more than 120 passengers from Tenerife, while 17 Americans were airlifted to Nebraska's National Quarantine Unit for health assessments.
- A Dutch hospital in Nijmegen placed 12 staff members in quarantine after they mishandled blood and urine samples from an evacuated patient, creating precautionary isolation despite very low infection risk.
- Passengers remain under observation for 42 days as Ghebreyesus warned the virus's long incubation period means additional cases could surface in the coming weeks despite current containment.
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No sign of larger outbreak of hantavirus says WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday there was no sign of a broader hantavirus outbreak, though further cases could emerge, as officials continue to monitor passengers from an affected cruise ship.
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Lithuanian Health Minister Marija Jakubauskienė said Tuesday there are no indications of hantavirus cases in the country and residents can feel safe despite international concern over an outbreak linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic.
The head of the UN health agency said there was “no indication” of a major hantavirus outbreak, after the last passengers were evacuated from the disease-stricken cruise ship. However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned, according to the BBC, that “of course the situation could change and given the long incubation period of the virus, it is possible that we will see more cases in the coming weeks.” Three people died from the hantavirus outbreak o…
WHO: no sign of larger outbreak of hantavirus
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday there was no indication of the onset of a broader hantavirus outbreak, although he did not rule out further cases. “At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak, but of course the situation could change and, given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghe…
No Sign of Larger Outbreak of Hantavirus: World Health Organization
No indications of a larger outbreak of the deadly hantavirus have appeared so far, a World Health Organization official said on May 12. “At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organization’s director-general, told reporters in Madrid, Spain, during a press conference with Spain’s prime minister. “But, of course, the situation could change, and given the long incubation …
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