Hantavirus and COVID: How Are They Different?
WHO confirmed 11 infections as the final evacuees reached the Netherlands and officials said 94 people were repatriated to about 20 countries.
- On Tuesday, the World Health Organization confirmed the 11th hantavirus infection from the MV Hondius outbreak after Spain's Ministry of Health reported a Spanish passenger tested positive.
- Health officials believe the outbreak originated in Argentina, where passengers traveled before boarding the ship in April; the Andes strain rarely spreads between humans, unlike SARS-CoV-2.
- Three people—a Dutch couple and a German tourist—have died from the infection; experts emphasize hantavirus does not spread through casual social contact like airborne respiratory illnesses.
- The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Monday that 94 passengers were repatriated to about 20 countries, while Canadian officials initiated 21-day quarantine protocols for returning travelers.
- Public anxiety stems from the COVID-19 pandemic, which killed nearly 15 million people six years ago; Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, reassured citizens that hantavirus is a rare virus without pandemic potential.
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Hantavirus vs. COVID-19: What British Columbians need to know - The Ashcroft
B.C.’s provincial health officer says she knows the concern around hantavirus can be “unsettling” just six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, but she wants people to know this is a “very different” virus. Dr. Bonnie Henry provided an update on Monday on the four Canadians – two from the Yukon, one from B.C., and one who lives abroad – that arrived in B.C. on Sunday after being on the MV Hondius that was hit by hantavirus in early May. A cl…
(EFE).- Why should people who have been on the ship MV Hondius keep a 42-day quarantine? It is a much longer period than was recommended for SARS-CoV-2 responsible for covid (14 days at first), for Ebola (about 21 days) or severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS- (10 days), [...] The entry Why does hantavirus require a 42-day quarantine, surpassing the protocols of COVID-19 or Ebola? was first published in ALnavío.
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