6 Hantavirus Cases Confirmed on Quarantined Ship
The WHO said the global risk remains low as authorities arrange repatriation flights and quarantine for passengers and crew.
- The cruise ship MV Hondius is expected to dock early Sunday near Tenerife as the World Health Organization confirmed six hantavirus cases linked to the vessel, prompting Spanish authorities to finalize a large-scale repatriation operation.
- Health officials believe the initial infection likely occurred during travel through Argentina and Chile before the outbreak was first reported on May 2, with 147 people currently remaining aboard the ship.
- Eight nations including the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have scheduled repatriation flights, with cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions reporting 17 American citizens aboard awaiting evacuation to Omaha, Nebraska.
- Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska prohibited navigation within one nautical mile of the vessel, while 14 Spanish passengers will disembark first and undergo mandatory quarantine at Madrid's Gómez Ulla military hospital.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Spanish officials to oversee coordination, stressing that "this is not another COVID" and that the current public health risk posed by hantavirus remains low.
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The one affected by a hantavirus outbreak has arrived off the coast of Tenerife. There the passengers and a part of the crew are to be brought ashore under high safety precautions. Return flights for German and other European passengers are planned.
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised to six confirmed cases of hantavirus following the outbreak declared on the cruise ship MV Hondius, while on the Spanish island of Tenerife (Atlantic) the device is finalized for passengers to disembark and be repatriated to their countries.One of the suspected cases of hantavirus, corresponding to a person on the cruise where an outbreak of the disease was declared, was positive in the PCR test, bringi…
The agency raised the number of contagions while preparing an operation in Tenerife for the disembarkation and repatriation of passengers.
One of the suspected cases of hantavirus, corresponding to a person who was on the cruise where an outbreak of this disease was declared, was positive in the PCR test, raising to six confirmed cases, according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) bulletin.According to official information of the organization, a total of eight cases (six confirmed and two probable) have been reported by 8 May, including three deaths (two confirmed and on…
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