This American doctor thought he was going on vacation. He ended up treating hantavirus patients
The World Health Organization said five infections were identified and there is no evidence of widespread transmission risk.
- The MV Hondius is scheduled to arrive in Tenerife on Sunday, where roughly 146 passengers and crew will disembark following a hantavirus outbreak that has sickened multiple people aboard the cruise ship.
- Oregon doctor Stephen Kornfeld stepped in to assist after the ship's doctor fell ill, as the Andes strain of hantavirus resulted in three deaths, including an elderly Dutch couple who contracted the virus before boarding.
- Five hantavirus infections have been identified among people connected to the ship, though the World Health Organization stated the outbreak is not an epidemic similar to Covid, noting no evidence of widespread transmission risk.
- President Donald Trump on Thursday said the hantavirus outbreak is "very much, we hope, under control," and indicated the administration would release more information on Friday regarding the 17 Americans on board.
- Health authorities have launched a global contact tracing effort to identify potential exposures to the hantavirus, though efforts were complicated by about 30 passengers who departed the ship early last month before the outbreak was fully understood.
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He expected the holiday of life: weeks of rest on the Atlantic Ocean - between stretches of ice and remote islands - surrounded by whales, dolphins and penguins. But go on vacation...
'I treated hantavirus passengers on cruise – there's one big fear about disease'
Hantavirus-stricken ship MV Hondius has eight reported cases and five confirmed, and Dr Stephen Kornfield, who is treating patients onboard the vessel, has revealed the big fear about the disease
The US physician Stephen Kornfeld boarded the "MV Hondius" as a passenger. A short time later he treats the first Hantavirus infected on the cruise ship. Now he describes the outbreak.
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Last month, Dr. Stephen Kornfeld embarked on the MV Hondius at the southern tip of Argentina, anticipating a unique adventure in life: exploring vast icy expanses and remote islands, and closely observing wildlife like whales,...
This American doctor thought he was going on vacation. He ended up treating hantavirus patients on the infected ship
Dr. Stephen Kornfeld boarded the MV Hondius in the southern tip of Argentina last month anticipating a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, exploring vast icy expanses and remote islands, seeing wildlife like whales, dolphins and penguins up close.
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