
Hantavirus Scare on MV Hondius Cruise Ship Prompts Global Response
A hantavirus scare emerged after passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, including a couple who later died, returned home, prompting investigations by health authorities and the WHO. The WHO later clarified that the hantavirus case was not contracted onboard the ship, but the incident still triggered public health measures and concerns.
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Hantavirus-hit cruise ships leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated
A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.
Read full article →Hantavirus Ship Heads for Canary Islands as Patients Evacuated - Bloomberg.com
Hantavirus Ship Heads for Canary Islands as Patients Evacuated Bloomberg.com
Read full article →Hantavirus: Madrid and the Canary Islands clash over arrival of MV Hondius in Tenerife
The Spanish government says it is carrying out a health operation in coordination with the European Union, while authorities of the archipelago criticize a decision they say has been imposed without consultation.
Read full article →Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Three deaths reported from South America-related hantavirus as cruise ship remains off Cape Verde coast.
Read full article →American cruise ship passenger dies during stop at island vacation hot spot
An 83-year-old American tourist died in an apparent drowning while snorkeling at Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian Cruise Line's private Bahamas island.
Read full article →Passengers on hantavirus-stricken ship sway between fear and boredom
It was billed as an Atlantic odyssey to some of the most remote islands in the world. Instead, the cruise on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius was left stranded off Cabo Verde, formerly known as Cape Verde, with passengers in their cabins, medical workers in protective suits tending to the sick and the ship’s operator seeking a safe port. The outbreak has left three dead and eight confirmed or suspected cases linked to the Dutch-flagged expedition ship. Passengers, some of whom have been...
By Reuters
Read full article →Hantavirus: Air ambulance lands in Amsterdam airport
The flight is believed to be carrying at least one of three patients evacuated from the MV Hondius ship. Spain is contentiously allowing the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock in the Canary Islands.
Read full article →Passenger stuck on virus-stricken ship reveals what atmosphere is like on board
A passenger stuck on a cruise ship at the center of a virus outbreak says that the atmosphere on board the vessel is “relatively good.”
By Holly Patrick
Read full article →Cruise ship passenger with hantavirus being treated in Zurich
The Dutch-flagged ship set sail from Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1 and has been anchored off Cape Verde since Sunday
By AFP
Read full article →MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak: How many Americans were on board? Latest update
Out of total passengers on the cruise ship, 23 have including some from the US had already returned home without knowing they had been exposed.
Read full article →Hantavirus on luxury cruise linked to birdwatching expedition as three people evacuated and ex-passengers self-isolate at home
Two people who were on board the cruise ship linked to the hantavirus outbreak are self-isolating after returning to the UK, health officials have said.
Read full article →Irish on virus-hit ship to quarantine, says dept
The Department of Health has said plans are being developed to manage the care of two Irish nationals, onboard the cruise ship hit by the hantavirus outbreak, on their return to Ireland.
Read full article →Patient Who Died Of Hantavirus Was 'Briefly' On International Flight
Dutch health authorities are contacting those who were aboard this flight "as a precaution," KLM said in its statement.
Read full article →Plane with hantavirus ship evacuees in Spain to fix 'broken isolation bubble': regional govt
The plane stopped in the Canary Islands after Morocco refused it landing permission amid a hantavirus outbreak on the ship.
Read full article →23 Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Went Home Before WHO Stepped In
A deadly virus outbreak aboard a cruise ship may have spread far beyond the vessel itself ... because nearly two dozen passengers reportedly wandered across the globe before health officials finally tracked them down. According to reporting from…
By TMZ Staff
Read full article →Hantavirus scare triggers fresh COVID-style measures
A rare hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship leads to multiple deaths and prompts a major international health response with COVID-style safety measures Read More: https://punchng.com/hantavirus-scare-triggers-fresh-covid-style-measures/
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Read full article →WHO says hantavirus case was not caught on ship
The first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization expert told AFP on Wednesday. The post WHO says hantavirus case was not caught on ship appeared first on Vanguard News.
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