Hantavirus cases

‘Healthy and asymptomatic’: Indian embassy says crew evacuated from hantavirus-hit MV Hondius safe

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'Healthy and asymptomatic': Indian embassy says crew evacuated from hantavirus-hit MV Hondius safe

The two Indian crew members aboard the hantavirus-hit Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius are “healthy and asymptomatic” and have been evacuated to the Netherlands for quarantine as per health safety protocols, the Indian Embassy in Spain said on Sunday. The Dutch-flagged ship, carrying about 150 people, including two Indian citizens, arrived in Spain after anchoring … Read more

Hantavirus outbreak: Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship; 40 passengers disembarked on South Atlantic island

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Hantavirus outbreak: Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship; 40 passengers disembarked on South Atlantic island

About 40 passengers on a cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak disembarked on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena, and the first passenger died, Dutch officials said Thursday.Authorities are working to trace passengers and possible contacts after the outbreak killed several people and made others sick, and released new details about … Read more