Hantavirus Detected In 1 Spanish Evacuee From MV Hondius In Tenerife
- One of 14 Spanish evacuees from the MV Hondius cruise ship tested preliminarily positive for hantavirus and remains asymptomatic under observation at Madrid's Gomez Ulla hospital, according to Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia.
- The outbreak involves the Andes strain of hantavirus, which is typically spread through exposure to infected rodent urine or droppings and may transmit between people through close contact, according to WHO and health authorities.
- The MV Hondius arrived in the Canary Islands, and Spanish evacuees were transferred to Madrid under an EU-coordinated evacuation operation including repatriation flights from several countries.
- The European Commission and ECDC are coordinating the response, assessing the risk to Europe as very low, deploying resources and experts, and emphasizing cross-border collaboration with EU members, WHO, and G7 partners for outbreak management.
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Belgian Cruise Passengers Possibly Infected with Hantavirus, Blood Test 'Provisionally Inconclusive'
The cruise ship Hondius, where the hantavirus outbreak occurred, arrived in the port of Tenerife on Sunday morning. Three people died from the virus, including a Dutch couple. The remaining passengers are being evacuated. Follow the developments in our live blog.
After the epidemic of Hannavirus on the MV Hondius, a person repatriated to Baden-Württemberg, the German border land of Strasbourg, was placed in quarantine at home.
The other 13 passengers of the MV Hondius who were transferred to the military hospital in Madrid do not present news after negative in the PCR test
The Spanish patient who has given provisional positive for hantavirus and who is admitted to the Gómez Ulla Hospital in Madrid has shown fever and slight desaturation since last night, although at the present time he is apparently stable and without evident clinical worsening, according to sources from the Ministry of Health.This patient is located in the Insulation and High-Level Treatment Unit (Uatan) of the center, built in the military hospi…
The isolated Spanish in the Gómez Ulla presented symptoms on Monday night, but is stable. WHO has raised the positive cases to eleven.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the virus has already left 3 dead. The lethality of the virus, according to a report by the Ministry of Health, is 25.7%.
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