Watch: Passengers told virus-hit ship 'not infectious' after first death

YouTuber Ruhi Çenet was on board the ship, and filmed the announcement made on 12 April.

UK and US launch disease control measures over hantavirus

Some passengers had already left cruise ship struck with rodent-borne illness before alarm was raised

Two Britons self-isolating after returning to UK from hantavirus-hit ship, say officials

Pair left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected and are not reporting symptoms, according to UK Health Security Agency Two people who were onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have returned to the UK and are self-isolating, British health officials have said. Neither of the two British people, who left MV Hondius at St Helena in late April, are reporting symptoms, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA). Continue reading...

By Geneva Abdul

About 40 passengers previously left ship hit by Hantavirus at island of St. Helena

About 40 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak previously disembarked on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena after the first passenger died, Dutch officials said Thursday.

By The Associated Press

Hantavirus on the rise in Argentina, where MV Hondius cruise ship set sail

Experts say that a surge of hantavirus cases in Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise ship set sail, is in part due to climate change. The World Health Organization ranks the South American country as having the highest incidence of the rodent-borne disease.

By FRANCE 24

Footage captured aboard MV Hondius shows captain informing travellers a passenger has died

Video shared on social media showed the captain of the MV Hondius cruise ship, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, informing passengers on April 12 that a person had died on board.

By Noopur Jambhekar

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship; 40 passengers disembark on South Atlantic island

Dutch officials confirmed about 40 passengers disembarked on St. Helena after a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, including the wife of a deceased Dutch man who later died in South Africa. Another passenger who disembarked at St. Helena tested positive for the virus in Switzerland.

By TOI World Desk

Hantavirus threat: Canary Islands braces for arrival of luxury Dutch cruise after evacuation

About 40 passengers Left Ship Hit By Hantavirus Outbreak At Island Of St. Helena

Recent update on the hantavirus outbreak details that about 40 passengers from a cruise ship by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have disembarked on St. Helena.

Countries scramble to track passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak before it got marooned off the coast of Cape Verde, in an effort to prevent further spread of the disease. Three people – a Dutch couple and a German national – died in the outbreak on […]

In Canary Islands, nearing hantavirus cruise ship rekindles pandemic concerns

The MV Hondius, carrying 150 people, is expected to reach Tenerife on Saturday, where it will dock despite protests from the local government.

Evacuation of passengers from hantavirus cruise ship to begin from Monday

Experts have confirmed the version of the virus detected aboard the ship was the rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.

Passengers on hantavirus-stricken ship sway between fear, boredom

Passengers report moods swinging between fear and boredom: empty lounges, quiet decks, hot drinks, face masks, medical checks, and the uncertainty of not knowing when and how their journey will end

By Reuters

From luxury cruise to public-health thriller: What happened aboard the MV Hondius before and after the hantavirus outbreak

A video shows the captain announcing the death of a passenger “from natural causes” - The cruise ship remains under quarantine while WHO specialists investigate how the “Andes strain” was transmitted The post From luxury cruise to public-health thriller: What happened aboard the MV Hondius before and after the hantavirus outbreak appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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