Human-to-human transmission suspected on board hantavirus cruise ship, WHO says
WHO says close-contact spread may have occurred as seven cases, including three deaths, were identified aboard the cruise ship.
- On Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius off Cape Verde, including three deaths, one critically ill patient and three with mild symptoms.
- The voyage departed Ushuaia, Argentina, in March on an Antarctic nature expedition; experts are investigating potential rare human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus strain among close contacts aboard the ship.
- Three passengers have died—a Dutch couple and a German national—while a British national remains in critical but stable condition in a Johannesburg hospital after medical evacuation from the vessel.
- Spanish authorities are considering welcoming the vessel to the Canary Islands for disinfection and risk assessment, though Spain's health ministry said on Tuesday it had not yet decided on a docking location.
- The risk to the global public remains low, WHO officials said, even as they monitor the situation closely due to suspected limited human-to-human transmission of hantavirus among close contacts aboard the ship.
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