WHO says 3 suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship to the Netherlands
Three patients were flown to the Netherlands as officials said the Andes strain can spread between people in rare cases.
- Investigators tracing the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius have linked the source to a landfill visit in Ushuaia, Argentina, by an infected Dutch couple.
- Before boarding the cruise on April 1, the couple, both 69, visited the landfill and may have been exposed to rodents carrying the infection.
- Three people have died among the 149 passengers and crew aboard the vessel, with health officials initiating medical evacuations for those experiencing acute respiratory symptoms.
- Regional President Fernando Clavijo refuses to allow the ship to dock in the Canary Islands, despite the Spanish Health Ministry granting permission for the vessel's arrival.
- Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper stated the government is working to bring 19 British passengers and four crew members home safely, while the World Health Organization notes the low risk to public health.
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The Latest: Cruise ship with deadly hantavirus outbreak sails for Spanish islands
Three cruise ship passengers with suspected hantavirus infections are being flown to the Netherlands for treatment. Three people have died, and the World Health Organization says there are eight cases, five confirmed. About 150 passengers are isolating in their cabins…
Three passengers of the »Hondius« left the ship on Wednesday after a hantavirus outbreak. According to media reports, one of them is German and is now to be examined in a clinic in Düsseldorf.
This is a Dutch marriage. The 70-year-old man died on board and his wife died at Johannesburg airport, South Africa. They arrived in Argentina on 27 November last year and travelled by route for four months. The Ministry of Health of the Nation tracks the places they visited in Argentina as in Chile.
Theory Emerges on Origin of Ship's Deadly Virus
Investigators are still trying to figure out how a rare and deadly hantavirus emerged on a cruise ship , and a new theory has surfaced in Argentina. Officials there tell the AP that a Dutch couple may have contracted the virus while on a bird-watching trip in the country before boarding...
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