Hantavirus Scare on Cruise Ship Leads to Passenger Monitoring
A hantavirus scare on a cruise ship prompted the monitoring and testing of several passengers, with some traveling to Australia and others being moved out of isolation after testing negative. Experts also addressed concerns about the virus's potential for mutation.
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Egg sandwiches and colouring book: Life in US quarantine after cruise
Jake Rosmarin tells the BBC what it's like inside the national quarantine unit where he and 14 other passengers are staying in Nebraska.
Read full article →U.S. Cruise Passenger Moved Out of Isolation
The passenger, who had tested positive once in the Canary Islands, was being monitored in a special biocontainment facility in Omaha, until a new test came back negative.
By Sonia A. Rao and Apoorva Mandavilli
Read full article →Is there a vaccine or cure for hantavirus?
Vaccine and drug candidates are currently under development, but this family of viruses had never been considered a public health priority until the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
Read full article →Australians from hantavirus cruise ship to fly out of Netherlands in full PPE after plane and crew secured
Health minister Mark Butler says six passengers who have tested negative for hantavirus will land in Western Australia on Friday Four Australian citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will soon be home after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew for the journey. The health minister, Mark Butler, said the citizens, along with a permanent resident and a New Zealand citizen, were due to take off from the Netherlands on Thu...
By Nick Visser and Cait Kelly
Read full article →Hantavirus: US cruiseship passenger gives quarantine room tour
Jake Rosmarin is one of the 18 #MVHondius passengers who have been repatriated to the US to be monitored, in case they test positive for #hantavirus. His time in quarantine could last up to 42-days, as the #virus can have an incubation period of up to eight weeks.
By FRANCE24
Read full article →Hantavirus outbreak: Deadly Andes strain detected in cruise ship cases; 8 cases confirmed
A hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius has seen eight passengers test positive for the Andes virus, a strain known to spread between humans. Three lives have been lost so far. While the risk to the general public is low, passengers and crew are under quarantine for 42 days as investigations continue.
By TOI WORLD DESK
Read full article →Over 1,700 passengers, crew confined in France after upset stomachs on British cruise ship spark concerns
Initial tests ruled out an outbreak of norovirus, a highly contagious form of gastroenteritis which causes vomiting and diarrhoea.
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Read full article →Hantavirus Update: 6 Cruise Passengers Travel To Australia
Six passengers who sailed on a hantavirus-affected cruise will fly to Australia from the Netherlands on Thursday while dressed in full protective...
Read full article →'No indication' Andes strain of hantavirus has mutated: EU agency
The European Union’s health agency (ECDC) said on Wednesday there was nothing to suggest that the Andes strain of hantavirus had mutated following a deadly outbreak of the illness on a cruise ship. The deaths of three passengers from a rare hantavirus outbreak on a cruise from Argentina to Cape Verde sparked international alarm. Seven other passengers are confirmed to have the virus, including a French woman in a critical condition, while an eighth case is considered “probable”, according to ...
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