Virus Expert Says Cruise Ship Outbreak 'Very, Very Unlikely' to Be Pandemic
Nevada officials say the risk to residents remains low as the CDC and international partners investigate transmission on the M/V Hondius.
- Federal and state health officials are monitoring a hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, with at least 11 cases and three deaths reported; Nevada health officials say the risk to residents remains low with no cases in the state.
- Circulating in South American rodents, the Andes strain of hantavirus represents a rare transmission pattern as the only type known to spread person-to-person, having remained confined to Argentina for over 25 years before this outbreak.
- By May 7, when the CDC sent a team to assess exposure risk, three passengers had already died. The CDC issued a formal health alert on May 8, with Americans quarantined the following day.
- International authorities are implementing containment through repatriation and isolation protocols, with the UK Health Security Agency returning 10 Britons as a 'precautionary measure' to St Helen and Ascension.
- Researchers at the MRC Centre are exploring whether existing antiviral drugs could be effective, as twenty passengers volunteered for studies to develop new solutions amid the absence of a vaccine or specific treatment for hantavirus.
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bicesteradvertiser.netVirus expert says cruise ship outbreak 'very, very unlikely' to be pandemic
A UK expert has spoken on the threat of hantavirus becoming a global health crisis, like Covid 19.
In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreak
A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. They aim to provide accurate information about the virus while reassuring the public about low risks. Efforts focus on transparency and combating misinformation to build trust and prevent unnecessary fear.
Expert: Hantavirus Not A Covid Rerun
Don’t panic. The recent Hantavirus outbreak on an Argentine cruise ship that killed three people won’t turn into a mass pandemic like Covid-19. It may lead to isolated outbreaks of human-to-human transmission, the way Ebola did. But no repeat of the Covid pandemic that upended all our lives for years. The lethal Andes strain on Hantavirus, which caused the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, hasn’t mutated the way Covid-19 strains did and doesn’t s…
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