Two people have been evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius after an outbreak on the ship. Three people have died in the outbreak, and five people have contracted the virus. The passengers who disembarked in St. Helena have been contacted, and the ship's operator is working to track those who disembarked before the virus was detected.
Three people died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius as WHO says risk to general public remains ‘low’ Two people evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius board a plane in Cape Verde en route to Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, on Wednesday.
Photograph: Luxembourg Air Rescue Crewon Thursday after an outbreak on a cruise ship. Attempts were being made to track those who had already disembarked before the virus was detected and anyone who was in close contact with them since.national – died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius.
In total, five people are confirmed to have contracted the virus, with another three suspected cases, theAll passengers who disembarked in St Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean, where the ship made a stop on April 24th, have been contacted, the ship’s operator said, adding this included people from at least 12 countries, among them seven British citizens and six from the US. The first confirmed case of hantavirus in this outbreak came in early May.the cruise ship and to provide for their treatment and care during any required period of quarantine, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.
Charles gives slyly provocative speech to Congress amid bipartisan applause and laughterThe WHO repeated that the risk to the general public was “low” even if the Andean strain of the virus, found in several victims, can in rare cases be transmitted among humans.
“This is not coronavirus, this is a very different virus,” Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO director of epidemic and pandemic management, told a press conference. The WHO said it was working on step-by-step guidance for when the dozens of passengers remaining on the ship, which is sailing to the Canary Islands, arrives there on Saturday or Sunday and the passengers disembark and travel home. None of these passengers currently have any symptoms.
The cruise ship MV Hondius moored off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5th. Photograph: AFP via Getty The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was closely monitoring the situation, adding that the risk to the American public was extremely low at the time. The Georgia department of public health said it was monitoring two asymptomatic residents who had returned home after disembarking from the cruise ship.
The Arizona department of health services said it was monitoring one resident, who was also on the ship, and was not symptomatic. According to the New York Times, California was monitoring a number of residents who had been on the ship. One French citizen has been in contact with a person who had fallen ill but was not showing symptoms, officials said.
Oceanwide Expeditions said it was working to establish details of all passengers and crew who embarked and disembarked on various stops since March 20th. The Dutch couple who have died, and who are believed to be the first hantavirus cases of this outbreak, boarded on April 1st. Dutch airline KLM said it had taken the Dutch woman off a plane in Johannesburg on April 25th due to her deteriorating medical condition. She died before she could reach the Netherlands.
According to broadcaster RTL, a KLM stewardess who had been in contact with her has been admitted to a hospital in Amsterdam after showing possible hantavirus symptoms. Crew and passengers who helped the Dutch woman who died are being called daily for health checks, Dutch authorities told public broadcaster NOS. Three patients were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday. Two have been admitted to a hospital in the Netherlands, while another was transferred to Germany for medical care.
The Luxembourg Air Rescue plane landed in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday evening. Photograph: Luxembourg Air Rescue crew Martin Anstee, an expedition guide, was one of the two evacuees in hospital in the Netherlands, according to Sky News, and told them he was “doing okay” but “there are still lots of tests to be done”. The Düsseldorf University Clinic, treating the German evacuee, said she was not a confirmed case but rather a contact and was undergoing tests.
In Switzerland, a person admitted to hospital on Monday was stable but showed symptoms consistent with a hantavirus infection, the hospital said. A Danish citizen who was aboard the Hondius has returned home and has been advised to self-isolate as a precaution, Danish health authorities said.
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