MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak leaves eight cases and three deaths
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Updated · TODAY · May 8
MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak leaves eight cases and three deaths
14 articles · Updated · TODAY · May 8
The ship, carrying nearly 150 people, is heading to Tenerife on 10 May after Spain agreed to accept it from waters off Cabo Verde.
WHO says contact tracing spans several countries after passengers left in St Helena and elsewhere; US passengers will be quarantined in Nebraska, while cases were also identified in Switzerland and South Africa.
Officials suspect the rare Andes strain, likely brought aboard from southern Argentina, with limited person-to-person spread among close contacts; WHO and CDC say wider public risk remains low.
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