KLM alerts passengers as authorities trace KL-592 hantavirus exposure
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Updated · paddleyourownkanoo.com · May 6
KLM alerts passengers as authorities trace KL-592 hantavirus exposure
9 articles · Updated · paddleyourownkanoo.com · May 6
The woman was removed from the Johannesburg-Amsterdam flight on 25 April, died in Johannesburg the next day, and was later confirmed to have the Andes strain.
Dutch authorities are tracing everyone on the manifest, while South African officials are also seeking passengers from her earlier Airlink flight from St Helena to Johannesburg.
The case is linked to the MV Hondius outbreak after her husband died on 11 April; a third passenger has since died, another is in intensive care, and Spain offered help in Tenerife.
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