U.S. health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers on a cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now in a hospital in Nebraska. The World Health Organization said last Wednesday that a total of 11 cases of hantavirus had been reported linked to the cruise ship, … Read more
Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose lifelong pursuit of rarity and beauty ended due to the global health emergency, has been identified as patient zero of a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, according to Argentinian authorities.Authorities believe the 70-year-old and his wife Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, contracted the … Read more
The Hague: Countries around the world on Monday repatriated passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and placed them in quarantine or quarantine, including a French woman and an American who tested positive.Passengers on board the MV Hondius began flying home on military and government aircraft after the ship broke down … Read more
One of 17 Americans evacuated from cruise ship Hantavirus The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Sunday that one person had tested positive for the virus, while another person was showing “mild symptoms.” There has been a confirmed case of hantavirus among 17 Americans evacuated from a cruise ship, with one showing … Read more
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
Indian-born scientist Jay Bhattacharya has urged Americans not to panic over a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship off Spain’s Canary Islands, insisting the situation is “not COVID-19” and is unlikely to turn into a large-scale public health crisis.The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told CNN’s “State of … Read more
