'This Is Not Another COVID': WHO Seeks to Reassure Spanish Island as Hantavirus-Stricken Ship Approaches
WHO says the Andes strain has limited human-to-human transmission as 8 cases, including 3 deaths, are reported and evacuation plans move ahead.
- The MV Hondius will arrive in Tenerife, Canary Islands, on Sunday to evacuate passengers following a hantavirus outbreak that has resulted in eight confirmed cases and three deaths since May 2.
- World Health Organization officials identified the pathogen as the Andes strain, known to have limited human-to-human transmission, after receiving reports of severe respiratory illness on May 2.
- Some Tenerife residents have protested the scheduled arrival, expressing concern that the cruise ship could trigger "another COVID-19," prompting reassurances from health authorities on Saturday.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked Prime Minister Pedro for accepting the ship, noting passengers will move through a "completely cordoned-off corridor" at the Granadilla industrial port.
- The United States, which withdrew from The WHO earlier this year, reported through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the risk to travelers "remains extremely low.
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'This is not another COVID': WHO seeks to reassure Spanish island as hantavirus-stricken ship approaches
The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization assured the residents of Tenerife that the cruise ship where the Hantavirus outbreak occurred, which is about to dock, poses a low risk of further transmission, after facing opposition.
WHO Director General called for calm and no panic in the face of hantavirus, in a message posted on his social media on Saturday
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mural.com.mxDirector of WHO assures the population of the island spa wave of Tenerife that arrival from cruise with outbreak of hantavirus represents low risk.
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