WHO Chief Tells AFP Hantavirus Outbreak Not Like Start of Covid
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the risk to the rest of the world is low as three patients were evacuated and three deaths were reported.
- On Wednesday, World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told AFP that the deadly Hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius does not resemble the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Since Sunday, the Hondius has been anchored off Cape Verde following an international health alert, as medical teams scrambled to evacuate three people believed to be infected with the virus.
- "Three of the patients have been evacuated just a couple of hours ago," Tedros said, adding that agency medics had joined the ship to monitor and support those remaining on board.
- The three patients are traveling to the Netherlands while the Hondius is expected to soon set sail for the Canary Islands in Spain.
- When asked if the outbreak mirrored the Covid-19 crisis, Tedros insisted "the risk to the rest of the world is low" and replied, "No, I don't think so.
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