WHO Raises Hantavirus Cruise Ship Cases to 11, Warns More Likely
The WHO says more cases are likely as it monitors passengers and crew after confirming nine infections and three deaths.
- On Tuesday, health officials confirmed 11 hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, including three deaths, as evacuation efforts concluded in Tenerife, Spain.
- Unlike typical hantavirus spread from rodent droppings, the Andes virus detected on the vessel can rarely transmit between humans; World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that new cases may emerge in the coming weeks given the 42-day incubation period.
- Spain's Health Ministry reported Tuesday that a passenger evacuated to Madrid tested positive for the virus while in quarantine; numerous nations instituted active monitoring requiring daily health checks either at home or in specialized facilities.
- Eighteen American passengers evacuated to facilities in Nebraska and Georgia remain under observation, with some placed in biocontainment units "out of an abundance of caution," the Department of Health and Human Services said.
- The Hondius is currently sailing to Rotterdam, Netherlands, for cleaning after completing repatriation of passengers from over 20 countries, with the remaining 27 crew members expected to arrive on May 17.
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Hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise reaches 11 reported cases; quarantine continues in U.S.
The World Health Organization says the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship has now reached 11 total reported cases worldwide, nine of which have been confirmed. This comes as all passengers continue to be held in quarantine at locations around the world, including in the United States. Four Californians are among those currently quarantining, [...]
WHO says 11 total hantavirus cases reported from cruise ship
PARIS — A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed. Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting S…
Cruise Hantavirus Infections Total 11, W.H.O. Warns Cases Will Rise but Outbreak Under Control
The World Health Organization reports two new hantavirus infections linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, bringing the total up to 11. The post Cruise Hantavirus Infections Total 11, W.H.O. Says Cases Will Rise, but Outbreak Under Control appeared first on Breitbart.
French Cruise Passenger Critically Ill as Hantavirus Outbreak Reaches 11 Cases
A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed. Three people on the cruise died, […]
Hantavirus vs. COVID-19: What British Columbians need to know - 100 Mile Free Press
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…
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