No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency
WHO said the risk of a major outbreak remains low after 7 confirmed cases and 3 deaths, while 122 people were repatriated.
- On Tuesday, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated there is "no sign" of a larger hantavirus outbreak after the final passengers evacuated the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- The Andes hantavirus strain, which has a roughly 40% fatality rate, infected passengers after a 70-year-old Dutch man died aboard on April 11, marking the first of three total deaths linked to the vessel.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez coordinated the evacuation of more than 120 passengers from Tenerife, while 17 Americans were airlifted to Nebraska's National Quarantine Unit for health assessments.
- A Dutch hospital in Nijmegen placed 12 staff members in quarantine after they mishandled blood and urine samples from an evacuated patient, creating precautionary isolation despite very low infection risk.
- Passengers remain under observation for 42 days as Ghebreyesus warned the virus's long incubation period means additional cases could surface in the coming weeks despite current containment.
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The evacuation of the cruise ship Hondius following the deadly hantavirus outbreak has been completed, but "our work is not yet finished," says the World Health Organization (WHO). Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
Among the civil guards, sanitaries and leaders who have packed this week the dock of the port of Granadilla (Tenerife), was also, always smiling, Diana Rojas Álvarez, head of the Emerging Zoonotic Diseases Unit at the World Health Organization (WHO). With a blue cap to guard her hair from the bandage that rose on Monday afternoon and wearing a vest of the world health authority, coordinated all health operations in the field. She supervised the …
No sign of larger outbreak of hantavirus says WHO chief
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday there was no sign of a broader hantavirus outbreak, though further cases could emerge, as officials continue to monitor passengers from an affected cruise ship.
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