Hantavirus: Latest Updates on the Ongoing Outbreak Aboard the MV Hondius
- Off the coast of Cape Verde, the Dutch-flagged Hondius is dealing with a suspected hantavirus outbreak that has caused seven suspected cases, including three deaths.
- Global health authorities have identified the suspected outbreak, which may be transmitting between passengers on the vessel, while maintaining that the risk to global health remains low.
- Operator Oceanwide Expeditions confirmed that three people will be evacuated to the Netherlands, including two requiring urgent care and one associated with a guest who died on May 2.
- Spain's government initially permitted the ship to dock in Tenerife on Wednesday, but the leader of the Canary Islands blocked the vessel from docking.
- The World Health Organization is conducting detailed investigations, including extensive laboratory testing and epidemiological studies, to understand the virus's spread.
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What We Know About the Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak
Three passengers have died following a hantavirus outbreak aboard a Dutch cruise ship that departed Argentina last month. Here’s what we know about the virus, the outbreak, and the public health risk, which the WHO says is low.
The boat MV Hondius, home of hantavirus, is expected Saturday in Tenerife in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands, where the passengers will be evacuated Monday.
What do you want to know about hantavirus?
Some passengers are being evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship amid a hantavirus cluster. Three confirmed cases and five suspected cases have been reported, and officials expect that count to grow. The Andes strain of the virus, which can spread from person to person, is believed to be behind the illnesses.
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