Cruise Ship's Hantavirus Outbreak Could Have Started On Bird-Watching Trip (Live Updates)
WHO said the first of eight confirmed and suspected cases was infected before boarding, as two patients were treated and three others were evacuated.
- The polar expedition ship MV Hondius departed Praia, Cape Verde, on Wednesday for Tenerife following a deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard the vessel.
- World Health Organization officials determined the initial infection occurred before boarding through rodent contact in South America; Anais Legand, a technical expert, confirmed the Andes virus requires close contact for human-to-human transmission.
- Three people have died, including a 70-year-old Dutch passenger and his 69-year-old wife who tested positive, while a German national is also suspected of having died on May 2.
- Two infected passengers are hospitalized in Johannesburg and Zurich, while three suspected cases are being evacuated to the Netherlands; WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier confirmed ongoing protocol discussions for safe passenger removal.
- Spanish authorities expect the ship to arrive in Tenerife in the Canaries "within three days," while Argentina's health ministry reported 42 new hantavirus cases this year, highlighting the virus's regional persistence.
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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise
GENEVA — The first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization expert told AFP on Wednesday. The polar expedition ship left Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde, where it arrived on Sunday, with around 150 passengers and crew on board. The WHO, which was alerted Saturday to a rare but deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard the Hondius,…
The patient zero of the Hantavirus outbreak embarked in Ushuaia, Argentina, without knowing that he was carrying the virus that would trigger a health crisis. The passenger and his wife, both Dutch, had been traveling in Argentina for weeks before boarding the MV Hondius, an expedition ship. The main hypothesis is that “they became infected outside the ship”, according to the WHO.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxFirst case of hantavirus could not be on board or during a scale, as incubation time indicates a previous contagion, says WHO.
The Government of Argentina investigates whether two of the passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius who died from hantavirus spread in this country, in Chile or in Uruguay before starting the sea cruise, EFE was informed on Wednesday by sources from the Argentine Ministry of Health.The official investigation focuses on the possibility that the contagion has originated in the Dutch passenger pair who in recent months, before boarding the cruise,…
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