WHO says 3 suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship to the Netherlands
WHO says the ship’s outbreak has killed 3 passengers and sickened at least 5 others, with 3 suspected patients evacuated for treatment.
- On Wednesday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the evacuation of three suspected hantavirus patients from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, now en route to the Netherlands for medical care.
- A deadly hantavirus outbreak on the vessel has claimed three lives and sickened at least five others, prompting an international alert since Saturday when authorities first learned of the deaths.
- South African health authorities identified the Andes strain, a rare variant capable of human-to-human transmission through close contact; Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi noted it is the only one among 38 known strains transmissible between people.
- Regional leader Fernando Clavijo of Spain's Canary Islands opposed the vessel's arrival, telling radio station COPE that "this decision is not based on any technical criteria" and warned the ship could endanger the local population.
- The WHO continues monitoring the nearly 150 people aboard the marooned ship off Cape Verde, coordinating medical follow-up and isolation protocols as the vessel awaits permission to proceed toward the Canary Islands.
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Suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship
The World Health Organization (WHO) said early Wednesday morning it evacuated three people suspected of carrying the rare hantavirus from aboard a cruise ship to Europe. Three other people on board the vessel have already died from suspected hantavirus infection, and one person remains in critical care in South Africa. The WHO has confirmed two…
The Latest: 3 passengers from virus-hit cruise ship evacuated to the Netherlands
PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Three people from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, including the ship’s doctor, were being flown to the Netherlands for medical care on Wednesday as the ship with some 150 passengers prepared to head to Spain’s Canary Islands. Three people have died, and the World Health Organization says eight cases have been recorded in all. Passengers on the Dutch ship, the MV Hondius, are isolating in thei…
3 patients with suspected hantavirus evacuated from cruise ship as new case confirmed in Switzerland
Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the UN health agency said, as the vessel at the centre of a deadly outbreak remained off Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board waiting to head to Spain’s Canary Islands.
The cruise ship MV Hondius, home of Hantavirus, is still immobilized off Cape Verde this Wednesday. The strain detected on one of the passengers is that of the Andes, transmissible between humans. Follow our direct.
Due to the outbreak of the Hantavirus, sick passengers and crew members are flown from the cruise ship "Hondius" off Cape Verde.
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