Doctor From Hantavirus-Stricken Ship Tests Negative, Moves Out of Biocontainment Unit
WHO says all 11 confirmed cases are linked to the MV Hondius, and 3 infected passengers have died.
- Spain's health ministry announced Tuesday that a passenger evacuated from the cruise ship Hondius tested positive for hantavirus, as the World Health Organization confirmed 11 total cases, including three deaths.
- The evacuation concluded Monday night in Tenerife, with 87 passengers and 35 crew members escorted ashore by personnel in full-body protective gear. Remaining crew then departed for Rotterdam to resupply, Oceanwide Expeditions reported.
- Two aircraft arrived in Eindhoven overnight carrying evacuees including Australians and a New Zealand national. Dutch authorities transferred arrivals to quarantine facilities, while a French woman from the ship remained in intensive care at a Paris hospital.
- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus advised returning passengers to quarantine for 42 days. Separately, Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen placed 12 employees in preventive quarantine after they handled bodily fluids without following the required 'stricter procedure.'
- While current numbers remain stable, Tedros warned that the virus's long incubation period means "it's possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks." Nine of the 11 confirmed cases have been identified as the Andes virus, which can spread between people.
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Doctor moved out of biocontainment unit after being cleared of hantavirus
An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for fellow passengers who became sick on board.Dr. Stephen Kornfeld of Bend, Oregon, was among more than 120 passengers and crew evacuated from the ship and flown to different countries to enter quarantine. Kornfeld was brough…
Oregon doctor who says he tested positive for hantavirus leaves medical isolation unit
(AP) -- An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in isolation after he helped care for fellow passengers who became sick on board. Dr. Stephen Kornfeld of Bend, Oregon, was among more [...]
Doctor from hantavirus-stricken ship tests negative, moves out of biocontainment unit
Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a passenger from the MV Hondius who had tested “faintly positive” for hantavirus, has now tested negative and been moved out of a Nebraska biocontainment unit.
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolAn oncologist who was traveling aboard the cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak occurred said he is the only American in isolation in a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska.
Daily Journal
Doctor who helped ship take care of passengers with hantavirus is isolated in Nebraska medical unit
An oncologist traveling on a cruise ship amid a hantavirus outbreak says he's the lone American isolated at a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska. Dr. Stephen Kornfeld says he volunteered to help care for sickened passengers aboard the MV Hondius.…
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