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

WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases

The WHO said it expected the outbreak on the MV Hondius, currently sailing from Cape Verde to the Spanish island of Tenerife, to be limited, so long as public health measures were properly implemented.

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

WHO confirms five cases of hantavirus linked to cruise ship

Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents that can cause severe disease in humans.

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.

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.

Mapped: The countries affected by the cruise ship Hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people

More than a dozen countries have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, as the WHO confirms five cases of the disease. Alex Croft reports

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

'This is not Covid': WHO assures Hantavirus outbreak 'limited' but more cases 'possible'

The World Health Organization has assured that a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is expected to be limited, though more cases are possible. The rare Andes strain, which can spread between humans, is believed to have originated in Argentina. Authorities confirm three passenger deaths and several infections globally, with diagnostic kits sent to affected nations.

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.

Taoiseach says Government will help Irish citizens on Hantavirus cruise ship as WHO insists outbreak will not trigger Covid-like pandemic

The Government will do everything possible to make sure Irish citizens on a hantavirus-hit cruise ship get home safely, the Taoiseach has said.

Countries track passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Countries worldwide sought to prevent further spread of the hantavirus on Thursday, after an outbreak ​on a cruise ship, by tracking those who had already disembarked before the virus was detected and anyone in close contact with them since. Three ‌people — a Dutch couple and a German national — died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius. In total, five people are confirmed to have contracted the virus, with another three suspected cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Hantavirus is us...

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"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.

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

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Ex-Cop Evacuated From Hantavirus-Infected Cruise Ship, Hospitalized in Amsterdam

A British ex-cop is speaking out after becoming the first identified passenger hauled off the hantavirus-riddled MV Hondius this week. Martin Anstee was evacuated Wednesday -- and speaking from a hospital in Amsterdam, he said he's thankfully not…

By TMZ Staff

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.

Hantavirus cruise company says 29 passengers disembarked before the outbreak was confirmed

Oceanwide Expeditions said they left the cruise at Saint Helena Island when the body of the first victim was removed and are being traced La entrada Hantavirus cruise company says 29 passengers disembarked before the outbreak was confirmed se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald.

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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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Cruise operator defends actions after first hantavirus infection; Precautions in place

Oceanwide Expeditions says it acted according to proper protocol after the death of a 69-year-old Dutch passenger aboard the Hondius.

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Hantavirus: WHO alerts 12 countries whose citizens left cruise ship [Full List]

The World Health Organization said Thursday it had informed 12 countries that its nationals had disembarked the MV Hondius cruise ship on the remote British island of Saint Helena. The post Hantavirus: WHO alerts 12 countries whose citizens left cruise ship [Full List] appeared first on Vanguard News.

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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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Health officials trace cruise passengers after hantavirus outbreak

Health authorities across several countries are tracing passengers from the MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak linked to the Dutch-flagged cruise ship left three people dead and five confirmed infections. The World Health Organization said the cases involve the Andes strain of hantavirus, a rare rodent-borne virus found in South America. The agency said the public health risk remains low, while warning that more cases are expected because symptoms often appear weeks after exposure.

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