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Person Who Died of Hantavirus 'Briefly' on KLM Flight
Dutch health authorities are tracing passengers after KLM removed a symptomatic traveler, as the cruise-linked outbreak has killed 3 people.
- KLM removed a passenger diagnosed with hantavirus from flight KL592 before its April 25 departure from Johannesburg to Amsterdam, prompting airline-led contact tracing efforts.
- The outbreak originated on the MV Hondius, which departed Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 carrying 150 people; three deaths are linked to the Andes orthohantavirus, a rare strain capable of human-to-human transmission.
- South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi stated "such transmission is very rare and only happens due to very close contact between people," while World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized the global risk remains low.
- Emergency crews evacuated three passengers to the Netherlands and two to Las Palmas, Spain, while other individuals remain under medical treatment in Johannesburg and Zurich.
- The MV Hondius is sailing toward Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where remaining passengers will undergo required medical screening before authorities facilitate repatriation to their respective home countries.
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It is not impossible that other people on the KLM plane in Johannesburg were also infected with the hantavirus, says the RIVM. But the chance of that is minimal. A woman with this virus was briefly on the plane. During that time, she may have infected a flight attendant.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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A KLM flight attendant from Haarlem is hospitalized at the Amsterdam UMC due to a possible hantavirus infection. The Ministry of Health confirmed this following a report by RTL Nieuws.
·Amersfoort, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Hantavirus: Argentina, where the cruise ship departed, will meanwhile investigate rodents and send supplies for tests to laboratories in under…
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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