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The World Health Organization confirmed five cases and three suspected infections as the ship sailed toward Spain’s Canary Islands.
- The cruise ship MV Hondius is sailing toward Tenerife, Spain, to evacuate passengers and crew following a hantavirus outbreak that killed three people; Spanish officials expect arrival on Sunday with evacuations beginning May 11.
- Laboratory testing confirmed the Andes strain of hantavirus, the only variety known to pass between humans, which originated after the ship departed Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, leading to three deaths among 149 people on board.
- Dutch operator Oceanwide Expeditions stated no symptomatic individuals remain on board following Wednesday's evacuation of three suspected cases, among the 23 nationalities including large groups from Britain, the United States, and Spain.
- The World Health Organisation confirmed five cases of the virus, noting no specific antiviral treatment exists, while passengers isolate in their cabins and the WHO conducts contact tracing for those on a recent commercial flight.
- Argentina's health ministry is testing rodents in areas linked to the cruise route to identify the initial infection source, as officials state the overall public health risk remains low due to close-contact transmission requirements.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN - Health officials in several countries are racing against time to track and contain a hantavirus outbreak after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that confirmed cases had been identified among people connected to the MV Hondius cruise ship. The virus is usually associated with rodents, but, according to the WHO, it may have been transmitted from person to person on board. Since April 11, three people…
Hantavirus reactivated health alerts after the outbreak detected on board the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was traveling between Ushuaia, Argentina, and Cape Verde.The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed five infections and three deaths related to the disease.The Director General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported on Thursday, May 7, that there is a possibility to detect more cases due to the long period of incubation of the vir…
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Three dead, passengers isolated: What we know about the hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship Hondius
GENEVA, May 8 — The MV Hondius cruise ship, hit by a rare hantavirus outbreak believed to have killed three people, is sailing from Cape Verde towards the Spanish island of Tenerife where isolating passengers and crew will be finally be evacuated.Here is what we know so far about the situation on the Hondius, which has sparked international alarm since news of the outbreak emerged last weekend.Who is on board? There are 149 people on the MV Hond…
Three dead from hantavirus outbreak aboard MV Hondius in Atlantic Ocean
Three people have died from a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean. Former Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl, who contracted the virus in 2012, shared his harrowing experience. The ship is now en route to the Canary Islands for further assistance.
The outbreaks of hantaviruses caused by the variant of the Andes that have been detected so far around the world always end up "encapsulated." In other words, they are limited to infecting a small number of people, most of the time after having coincided for a long period of time in a closed space. The same pathogen that has caused one of the most medial hantavirus outbreaks of recent years on the ship MV Hondius, will have difficulty spreading …
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