Hantavirus: Greek Passenger of Hondius Quarantined in Athens Hospital
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Greek Passenger of MV Hondius Hospitalized at Attikon Hospital for Precautionary Reasons
ATHENS - The Hellenic Air Force aircraft carrying the Greek passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, where cases of hantavirus had been detected, landed in Elefsina, on Monday, at 03:20. According to a post on X by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, the passenger is fever-free and asymptomatic, showing no signs of illness. The minister stressed that "for purely precautionary reasons, he has been transferred to Attikon Hospital and placed in qu…
Hantavirus: Greek Passenger of Hondius Quarantined in Athens Hospital
A 70-year-old Greek passenger of Hondius was transferred to Athens. Credit: Elton Monteiro / EPA via AMNA A Greek passenger from the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius is currently under strict precautionary quarantine at the “Attikon” University General Hospital. This high-level medical operation follows a confirmed outbreak of hantavirus (specifically the Andes variant) on the vessel during its journey from Argentina through the South Atlantic.…
He will be transported by Dutch aircraft to Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands and from there, on a special flight of the Air Force, he will arrive at Elefsina Airport, accompanied by a doctor and rescuer from the Hellenic Emergency Medical Service and the chairman of the scientific council of the Hellenic National Health Organization, Theodoros Vasilakopoulos.
A Spanish passenger of the cruise MV Hondius tested, this Monday, positive for the hantavirus in the hospital. The information is advanced by the Spanish press.
The Greek passenger of the MV Hondius was placed in a strict 45-day quarantine in a specially designed negative pressure chamber of the hospital. The post Greek passenger of the cruise ship with the Hantavirus is asymptomatic and without any signs of illness appeared first on in.gr.
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