The recent report of an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship gave feelings of double déjà vu to those of us in the infectious diseases field. The first déjà vu moment is that of the Covid-19 outbreak on the cruise ship the Diamond Princess, which was the first such SARS-CoV-2 outbreak of its...
TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — The first plane carrying passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship departed from Tenerife in Spain 's Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will go to a military hospital. Spanish nationals were the first to leave the MV Hondius,...
TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain 's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, where the passengers and some of the crew are to disembark. The World Health Organization, Spanish...
NEW YORK (AP) — No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government 's top public...
TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization sought Saturday to reassure residents of the Spanish island where passengers of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship are expected to be evacuated, issuing them a direct message that the virus was "not another COVID." The Dutch-flagged...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, May 8, said it is closely monitoring the developing hantavirus situation linked to the cruise ship Hondius and has begun preparing the country’s laboratories and quarantine systems for possible cases. Dr. Albert Domingo, the spokesperson of the DOH, said...
GENEVA (AP) — The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck off the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board was waiting Wednesday to head to Spain 's Canary Islands. Meanwhile, health authorities in South Africa and Switzerland identified a...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare, rodent-borne illness called hantavirus has left three people dead and sickened others. The virus, which usually spreads when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings, has been confirmed in two of the cases. The...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean, stopping at or near remote islands on the way as passengers and crew members fell sick,...
