Updated · University of Minnesota Twin Cities · May 18
WHO Cuts MV Hondius Hantavirus Cases to 10 as 120 Passengers Remain Under Monitoring
Updated
Updated · University of Minnesota Twin Cities · May 18
WHO Cuts MV Hondius Hantavirus Cases to 10 as 120 Passengers Remain Under Monitoring
9 articles · Updated · University of Minnesota Twin Cities · May 18
WHO lowered the MV Hondius hantavirus tally to 10 after a US passenger whose result had been listed as inconclusive tested negative.
Eight cases are now confirmed and two probable, while Tedros said the long incubation period of up to six weeks means additional reports could still emerge without signaling wider spread.
More than 120 passengers who disembarked in Tenerife are being monitored in their home countries or in transit, and 27 crew members remain aboard en route to the Netherlands.
The CDC said none of 41 monitored Americans has tested positive, including 18 passengers quarantined in biocontainment units in Omaha and at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
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