Watch: Tenerife resident calls docking of hantavirus ship 'reckless'

People on Tenerife in the Canary Islands have told the BBC they are concerned about the arrival of MV Hondius.

Netherlands Tests Flight Attendant for Hantavirus as Officials Track Cruise Ship Outbreak

Global health officials are tracking people connected to a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. One infected passenger had briefly boarded a flight from South Africa to the Netherlands before she died.

By Claire Moses

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

Global race under way to trace passengers who left hantavirus ship before outbreak confirmed

At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality Where did the cruise ship hantavirus come from and what happens next? Europe live – latest updates Authorities around the world are racing to trace dozens of passengers who disembarked from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak before isolation measures were implemented. It emerged for the first time on Thursday that at least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the...

By Rory Carroll and Sam Jonesin Madrid

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

Where are they now? Officials race to find 40 passengers who disembarked cruise ship stricken with hantavirus

Nearly 40 passengers disembarked from a cruise ship exposed to a deadly hantavirus outbreak and are believed to have dispersed across multiple countries untraced.

Passenger from Hantavirus-hit ship speaks to Al Jazeera from isolation

A passenger from the cruise ship hit with a Hantavirus outbreak has spoken to Al Jazeera from isolation.

WHO says cruise ship hantavirus outbreak ‘not the start of a pandemic’

The World Health Organization insisted on Thursday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic did not mark the beginning of a Covid-like crisis. “This is not the start of an epidemic. This is not the start of a pandemic,” WHO epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention director Maria Van Kerkhove told reporters, insisting: “This is not Covid.” The WHO also said it expected the outbreak on the MV Hondius, currently sailing from Cabo Verde (formerly known as Cape...

By Agence France-Presse

Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low

The WHO said it expects more cases to emerge given the long incubation period. But its doctors said the virus was very different to COVID and did not pose the same threat. Follow DW for the latest.

WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreak

The World Health Organization said Thursday that more cases of the hantavirus could emerge but expected the outbreak to be "limited" if precautions are taken, after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship.

Deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak caused by couple’s birdwatching trip to landfill site, experts fear

Eight suspected cases of Hantavirus have been linked to the boat which sailed from southern Argentina

By Alex Croft

Cruise ship passengers trace the origin of the hantavirus outbreak: ‘It’s being said here that it may have been the Dutch couple’

The epidemiology of the virus, the chronology of the infections, and the accounts of the travelers reinforce the theory of person-to-person transmission on board the ‘MV Hondius’

By Enrique Alpañés

Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak

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

'We know this virus': WHO on comparisons of hantavirus outbreak to COVID-19 pandemic

The World Health Organisation on Thursday dismissed concerns that the hantavirus outbreak could spiral into a global pandemic.

Hantavirus cruise ship will not trigger Covid-like pandemic, WHO insists as Health Minister says Irish passengers will be assessed

The deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship doesn't risk triggering the next pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said, downplaying an incident that has grabbed headlines and raised concern about a new viral contagion.

"More Cases May Appear Soon, But Public Health Risk Low": WHO Chief On Hantavirus Outbreak

The outbreak occurred on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, which had travelled from Argentina towards Cabo Verde across the Atlantic.

DG ISPR addresses press conference

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry is currently addressing a press conference. The deputy chief of naval staff operations, Rear Admiral Shafaat Ali, and the deputy chief of air staff (projects), Air Vice Marshal, Tariq Ghazi. The press conference comes as the nation commemorates the one-year anniversary of Marka-i-Haq. “We welcome you to ISPR on this happy day,” he said at the outset of his presser, congratulating the nation on the one-year an...

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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.

Five cases from cruise ship confirmed as hantavirus, three suspected: WHO

The wider public health threat from the outbreak remained low, however, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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

38 Filipinos cleared amid cruise ship hantavirus deaths

DMW says 38 Filipino crew aboard infection-hit MV Hondius remain free of hantavirus.

WHO says now 5 confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases, 3 suspected

There are now five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic cruise ship outbreak, with three more suspected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, warning more...

Countries race to trace 40 cruise passengers who left before hantavirus outbreak emerged

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, to prevent further spread of the disease.

Dutch confirm Hantavirus in cruise ship evacuee in Nijmegen

Hantavirus has been confirmed in one of the two patients now being cared for in Dutch hospitals since they were...

By Robin Pascoe

WHO confirms five Hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship outbreak

The World Health Organization confirms five hantavirus cases and three deaths from a cruise ship outbreak, warning that more cases are possible. Read More: https://punchng.com/who-confirms-five-hantavirus-cases-linked-to-cruise-ship-outbreak/

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WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in ‘limited’ outbreak

The World Health Organization said Thursday that more cases of the hantavirus could emerge but expected the outbreak to be "limited" if precautions are taken, after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship. The post WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in ‘limited’ outbreak appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Ayobami

Hondius passenger treated in Nijmegen hospital; Deceased couple traveled for months

Radboudumc is treating a passenger from the Hondious cruise ship who may be infected with the hantavirus, the Nijmegen hospital

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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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Britons on hantavirus cruise ship face 45 days of self-isolation

British passengers on board a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of hantavirus will likely be asked to self-isolate for 45 days on returning to the country, a UK health official has said.

By Emmanuel Tetteh