hantavirus

The Digest: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated on Tuesday that "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after a deadly outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship led to three passenger deaths. More than 120 passengers and crew were evacuated from Spain's Canary...

Eight confirmed and two probable cases of hantavirus have been reported following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, affecting citizens of six countries, according to the World Health Organization. Three people have died, including two Dutch nationals and one German woman. The...

One of 17 American passengers repatriated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship has tested "mildly" positive for the virus, the US Department of Health and Human Services said on Sunday. Both passengers traveled in the plane's biocontainment units "out of an abundance of caution." The passengers...

A cruise ship where hantavirus cases were detected has arrived in Spain's Canary Islands. The vessel docked after reports emerged of passengers infected with the rare and potentially deadly rodent-borne virus. Local health authorities are expected to implement quarantine and testing protocols...

The Digest: The World Health Organization (WHO) has clarified that the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship is not the beginning of another global pandemic. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, WHO infectious disease epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said, "This is...

In 2018, a birthday party in the small village of Epuyen, Argentina, triggered an outbreak of Andes hantavirus that killed 11 people. Now, the same rare virus has infected passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is sailing to the Canary Islands. Unlike other hantaviruses, the Andes...

The Digest: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that the first hantavirus case linked to the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship was infected before boarding the vessel. The polar expedition ship departed Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 with about 150 passengers and...

The Digest: The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed two hantavirus cases and five suspected cases among people on a cruise ship stuck off Cape Verde, including three deaths. The affected individuals were on the MV Hondius, which was travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde...