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'No One Contacted Them': Australian on Ship Hit by Virus Reportedly Returns Home; Kiwi on Board
The outbreak has killed 3 people and left 8 cases recorded as remaining passengers isolate under strict hygiene measures.
- The Dutch-operated cruise ship MV Hondius is sailing toward the Canary Islands after a hantavirus outbreak resulted in three deaths and eight total cases. The vessel carries 146 people after being denied docking rights near Cape Verde.
- World Health Organisation officials suspect the Andes virus, which carries a mortality rate of nearly 40 per cent. This strain is the only hantavirus known to transmit between humans during close, prolonged contact.
- At least 30 passengers disembarked in Saint Helena last month and returned to countries including Australia and New Zealand. The WHO has informed 12 countries whose nationals were exposed to the virus.
- According to Oceanwide Expeditions, none of the remaining passengers or crew on board are currently symptomatic. Health authorities maintain strict hygiene and isolation protocols to prevent further spread of the virus.
- The Canary Islands, selected as the closest location with necessary medical capabilities, will receive the ship for passenger assessment. Authorities aim to prevent further transmission, though public health risk remains assessed as low.
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WA todayAustralian who left hantavirus-hit cruise ship after first death has ‘returned home’: report
Another member of the group of 23 passengers who left the ship has since tested positive to the virus and is in hospital in Switzerland, according to a Spanish newspaper.
·Sydney, Australia
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