WHO Tracing over 80 People on Flight Taken by Hantavirus Victim
Health officials are tracing 82 passengers and six crew from the flight, while four other people on the cruise are believed infected.
- Health officials are tracing 82 passengers and six crew from an Airlink flight between St. Helena and Johannesburg after a passenger died of Hantavirus on April 25. The WHO assesses the risk of transmission on the plane as low.
- Infection originated aboard the Hondius cruise ship, where three passengers have died and four others are believed infected after contracting the rodent-borne virus during the South Atlantic voyage.
- Operator Oceanwide Expeditions is evacuating two sick crew members to the Netherlands from the 148 aboard, as WHO director Maria van Kerkhove noted limited human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus occurs "among very close contacts."
- Cape Verde authorities denied the ship entry, prompting plans to sail to the Canary Islands; however, President Fernando Clavijo refused docking, stating "there is not enough information to guarantee the safety of the local population."
- The Spanish government is arranging for the vessel to dock in Tenerife, asserting a moral obligation to assist passengers from 23 countries, while those aboard remain in isolation awaiting medical screenings.
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A Frenchman was identified as part of the list of people who had been in contact with a patient infected with Hantavirus.
Dutch Hanta Patient Was on a KLM Plane the Day Before Her Death: “All Passengers Are Being Informed”
The Dutch woman who died of hantavirus on April 26 was briefly on board a KLM aircraft in Johannesburg the day before. Due to her poor health condition, the crew decided not to allow the 69-year-old woman to board and to leave her behind in Johannesburg. She died shortly afterwards in the South African city.
A hantavirus outbreak has occurred on board the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. Three people have died, including a Dutch couple. Two passengers have been infected with the so-called Andean variant. Follow the developments in our live blog.
A German man was also evacuated from the ship, who reportedly had no symptoms of the disease, but was in close contact with the person who died.
A Frenchman is identified as a contact case, while WHO continues to trace the passengers of the flight concerned.
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