Countries Track Passengers of Hantavirus-Hit Cruise Ship
The WHO said the rare Andes strain can spread between people, and officials expect more cases as passengers are treated in five countries.
- On Thursday, The World Health Organisation identified five confirmed infections linked to the Hondius cruise ship, which is en route to Tenerife after an Andes hantavirus outbreak killed three passengers.
- A passenger likely contracted the Andes virus in Argentina before boarding, spreading infection across the Atlantic with a one-to-six-week incubation period and human-to-human transmission capability.
- None of the remaining people on board, who come from 23 different countries, show symptoms, according to Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions, while patients are isolating in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and South Africa.
- Hotel manager Mayte Gonzalez called the ship's arrival "unwelcome news" but expressed confidence the situation is "merely a logistical procedure," though local reactions range from "concerned" to "business as usual."
- The World Health Organisation expects more cases but downplayed global fears, noting the virus is less contagious than Covid-19, while gas delivery driver Cristo Alvarez said, "Because they thought it wouldn't reach us either, and look how quickly it spread.
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News & RecordOfficials track travelers aboard infected ship
AMSTERDAM — Countries worldwide sought to prevent further spread of the hantavirus Thursday after an outbreak on a cruise ship, tracking those who disembarked before the virus was detected and anyone in close contact with them since.
Two days after the MV Hondius arrives in Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, there are still several unknowns about how and when each passenger will end up at home. It is clear that the 14 Spaniards will be transferred by a military plane to Madrid to quarantine at the Gómez-Ulla Hospital in Madrid, but not as long as it will last, or what will happen if any of them refuse to isolate themselves in the center. For the other 133, of 22 nationalities…
Countries track passengers of Hantavirus-hit cruise ship
AMSTERDAM: Countries worldwide sought to prevent further spread of the hantavirus on Thursday (May 7), after an outbreak on a cruise ship, by tracking those who had disembarked before the virus was detected and anyone in close contact with them since.
Health authorities from at least four continents were this Thursday locating and, in some cases, monitoring passengers who got off the Hantavirus-affected cruise before their deadly outbreak was detected, and trying to reach other people who might have been in contact with them since then.In Argentina, a team of researchers has not yet left for the southern city where they suspect the outbreak originated, officials from the country’s Ministry of…
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If everything follows the planned plan, the MV Hondius will arrive to the coasts of Tenerife this Sunday. However, contrary to what was considered in the first moment, the cruise will not dock in the port of Granadilla of...
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