Anger and resignation in Tenerife as hantavirus ship approaches

Some on the Spanish island worry that the imminent arrival of the MV Hondius could pose a health risk.

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 on Cruise Ship

More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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CDC spells out next steps after Americans exposed to hantavirus on cruise ship

The U.S. government plans to evacuate Americans from a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak and quarantine them at a Nebraska facility.

Hantavirus: Spain readies to receive cruise ship

Spanish authorities are readying to receive the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak. The WHO has confirmed six hantavirus cases linked to the ship so far.

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‘Almost zero’ chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Argentina’s Ushuaia, official says

There is an “almost zero” chance that the Dutch man linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship contracted the disease in the Argentine port of Ushuaia, a provincial health official said on Friday. Juan Petrina, director of epidemiology for Tierra del Fuego province, where Ushuaia is located, told reporters that his assessment was based on the virus’s incubation period, among other factors. The Dutch man and his wife, both of whom died of the virus, boarded the Hondius in...

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Hantavirus outbreak resurrects COVID-19 era conspiracy theories

Claims include allegations of sinister plots to force vaccines on people or sway America's November elections by justifying expanded use of mail-in ballots

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US authorities cancel cruise ship worker visas as part of child sexual abuse images case

Norovirus vs hantavirus explained: Key differences to know after 115 fall ill on Princess cruise ship

Caribbean Princess cruise ship departed Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on April 29 and is scheduled to arrive at Port Canaveral on May 11.

Hantavirus scare revives COVID-era conspiracy theories

An outbreak of the deadly hantavirus on a Dutch-flagged cruise ship is reviving conspiracy theories about vaccines, alleged depopulation campaigns and miracle cures that flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO says six hantavirus cases confirmed so far

There are six confirmed cases of hantavirus so far out of eight suspected ones following an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization said.

New suspected hantavirus cases detected as two Irish passengers ‘safe and well’

Two new suspected cases of hantavirus were reported on Friday, one in Spain and the other on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, as experts race to contain an outbreak that began on a luxury cruise ship.

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

Health authorities across four continents are trying to track down and monitor passengers who disembarked the ship before the deadly outbreak was detected.

'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

Did the Covid vaccine cause hantavirus? No. But that hasn’t stopped people saying so.

WHO says six hantavirus cases confirmed so far

There are six confirmed cases of hantavirus so far out of eight suspected ones following an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization said Friday. The post WHO says six hantavirus cases confirmed so far appeared first on Vanguard News.

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THL: Two Finns monitored after hantavirus exposure on flight

Finnish health authorities are monitoring two travellers who were possibly exposed to the Andes strain of hantavirus during a flight from Johannesburg after sitting near an infected passenger linked to a cruise ship outbreak that has killed three people. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, known as THL, said the two passengers were on a KLM flight from Johannesburg to Amsterdam on 25 April. Both have since returned to Finland and remain without symptoms.