No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency

The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organisation.

Inside the Hantavirus Isolation Unit Where 15 Americans Wait

The National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska is now the temporary home for many of the Americans who had been passengers on the MV Hondius.

By Sonia A. Rao

Hantavirus: How great is the transmission risk, as each country sets its own quarantine rules?

All passengers from the MV Hondius have now been repatriated to their countries of origin. This marks a critical phase, as follow-up and quarantine protocols are not standardized across borders.

WHO head warns countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praises Spain’s ‘compassion and solidarity’ in evacuating virus-hit cruise ship The head of the World Health Organization has warned countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases after the outbreak onboard the MV Hondius, and thanked Spain for the “compassion and solidarity” it had shown by taking in the stricken cruise ship and evacuating its passengers and crew. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to follow the WHO’s advice and recommendations, which inclu...

By Sam Jones in Madrid

Health experts say cruise ship hantavirus outbreak isn't a risk to public at large

Passengers who were potentially exposed to hantavirus on a cruise are back home and being monitored for symptoms, as scientists maintain that risk to the public is low.

By Gabrielle Emanuel

Last passengers from hantavirus-hit ship evacuated; American tests positive

US officials say 18 Americans are being monitored for symptoms, as WHO insists risk to public remains low.

Two Maryland residents monitored for hantavirus after sharing flight with infected cruise ship passenger

Maryland monitors two residents for hantavirus exposure after they flew with a passenger infected with the Andes virus from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Why were cruise ship passengers sent home amid a deadly outbreak? Your hantavirus questions answered

Now that most of the passengers of a luxury cruise ship are back in their home countries after a deadly outbreak was declared on board, questions and concerns about the illness continue to circulate. CBC News put some of your most asked hantavirus questions to the experts.

'Work not over,' says WHO after hantavirus evacuation

Extensive testing, contact tracing, and quarantine procedures are still needed to contain the outbreak, WHO says. However, it has stressed that the current outbreak is vastly different to the COVID-19 pandemic.

'This is not Covid': France takes strict measures to contain cruise ship virus

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, May 12: As France records its first hantavirus case, the government says it is following health guidelines "to a tee". In Britain, the press echoes calls by MPs for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down, but he is staying put for the moment. The Cannes Film Festival opens with one difference this year: the absence of a major Hollywood film. Plus, the Guardian tells us that this summer's aesthetic is all about the "hot divorcee"!

By Dheepthika LAURENT

French woman on cruise ship was told by doctors that hantavirus symptoms were ‘anxiety’

The MV Hondius passenger is now in a critical condition in a Paris hospital

By Maroosha Muzaffar

What’s next for the ‘Hondius’ passengers? From Spain’s strict isolation to home quarantine in the Netherlands

All countries are going to impose measures to prevent the spread of the hantavirus, but these measures vary depending on each government

By Pablo Linde

Quest for a rare bird, a landfill stop, & a deadly virus: How did 'patient zero' catch hantavirus?

A Dutch ornithologist, Leo Schilperoord, has been identified as patient zero in a deadly hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Authorities suspect he and his wife contracted the virus from rat droppings during a birdwatching trip in Argentina. The outbreak led to multiple deaths and a global health alert.

By TOI WORLD DESK

WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of the rare virus, for which no vaccines or specific treatments exist. Yet health officials stressed that the global public health risk was low and rejected comparisons to the start of the Covid-...

By [email protected] (AFP)

Planes with hantavirus cruise passengers land in the Netherlands; hospital quarantines 12

Two planes with 28 passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday and a Dutch hospital treating a hantavirus patient quarantined 12 staffers in a preventative measure. The planes landed at Eindhoven Airport shortly after midnight, carrying eight Dutch nationals. Other passengers of […]

Town 'at the end of the world' denies hantavirus origins as travellers warned

Authorities have pointed the finger at an Argentine tourism hotspot, but locals have accused the government of a "smear campaign".

Greece Keeps Hantavirus Passenger in Hospital Isolation -Tourism Stakes Explain Harder Line Than Rest of Europe

Greece is holding a 75-year-old MV Hondius passenger in a negative-pressure hospital chamber -stricter than any other European country's response to the same exposure- because Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis says a reported outbreak in Greece at the peak of tourist season could become a global headline and devastate the economy. Speaking to Mega TV, Mr. Georgiadis confirmed the man remains asymptomatic and fever-free but said home isolation, the option chosen by other European nations for t...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA

Hantavirus Exposure: Dutch Hospital Quarantines 12 Healthcare Workers As Precaution

The Hague, May 12 (IANS) Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands has placed 12 employees in quarantine for six weeks as a precaution after incorrect procedures were followed while caring for a patient infected with hantaviru

Hantavirus ship heads to Netherlands after passengers flown home

The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak headed to the Netherlands Tuesday after its last passengers disembarked in Spain's Canary Islands, with at least seven of the evacuees testing positive for the virus. Three people died after the rare virus that usually spreads among rodents was detected on board the MV Hondius, sparking a global health scare. Among living patients, seven cases have been confirmed and an eighth is listed as "probable," according to the WHO, the UN health body an

By The Korea Herald

Hopes Irish women on hantavirus-hit ship can do six-week quarantine in their homes

The two Irish women repatriated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship were still being clinically assessed and tested on Monday in hospital isolation facilities in Dublin amid hopes much of their six weeks of quarantine can take place in their own homes.

Last MV Hondius evacuation planes land in Netherlands

The last two evacuation planes carrying passengers and crew from the hantavirus-hit ship MV Hondius has landed in the Netherlands.

Hantavirus-hit ship sets sail for Netherlands as final passengers evacuated in Tenerife

Three people — a Dutch couple and a German national — have died since the start of the outbreak on the ship of the virus.

WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation

Two Italians put under mandatory Hantavirus quarantine

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 11 - Local authorities have put two of the four Italian passengers on the KLM flight that briefly had aboard a South African woman who later died of Hantavirus in mandatory quarantine, sources said Monday. The first order was issued by Luigi Mennella, the mayor of Torre del Greco, near Naples, who signed an ordinance establishing a 45-day isolation period for a 24-year-old sailor, requiring him to remain in a single room with a private bathroom, undergo constant temperature...

By ANSA

All cruise ship passengers disembark after suspected hantavirus outbreak

KYODO — All 122 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a suspected hantavirus outbreak disembarked on Monday at a port in the Canary Islands, the Dutch operator of the cruise ship said.

Planes with hantavirus cruise passengers land in Netherlands, hospital quarantines 12

Dutch hospital quarantines 12 staff after hantavirus protocols were not followed with infected patient

By Reuters

Media Spreads Hantavirus Hysteria In Attempt To Save Disgraced WHO

Media Spreads Hantavirus Hysteria In Attempt To Save Disgraced WHO The establishment media has been drumming up fear after a recent outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise liner traveling from Argentina to West Africa.  The Guardian has used the opportunity to assert that the US is currently ill equipped to deal with future pandemic threats, largely because of Donald Trump (of course) and the dramatic US exit from the now disgraced World Health Organization.  Is Hantavirus a serious ...

By Tyler Durden

Hantavirus: How is the outbreak being contained? - The Daily Star

Hantavirus: How is the outbreak being contained?  The Daily Star

Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius: Four Ukrainian crew members to remain aboard cruise liner

Four of the five Ukrainian crew members aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak occurred, will remain on board to help deliver the vessel to the Netherlands, while one Ukrainian citizen will be evacuated on a special flight. No signs of illness have currently been detected among the Ukrainians.

Last hantavirus flight lands, hospital staff go into quarantine

The cruise liner Hondius has begun its journey back to Rotterdam after the last flight carrying passengers and crew touched...

By Gordon Darroch

WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation

Yet health officials have stressed that the global public health risk is low and rejected comparisons to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The post WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Ayobami

Hantavirus: 12 Radboud hospital workers to quarantine due to slack safety measures

A dozen workers at the university medical center in Nijmegen will enter a precautionary quarantine after possible exposure to hantavirus.

By 88719

No evidence of Hantavirus in Iran: health ministry - Tehran Times

No evidence of Hantavirus in Iran: health ministry  Tehran Times

Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak On Cruise Ship Leaves 3 Dead, Passengers Stranded At Sea (hXf19DxU3b) - fathomjournal.org

Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak On Cruise Ship Leaves 3 Dead, Passengers Stranded At Sea (hXf19DxU3b)  fathomjournal.org