French evacuee from MV Hondius tests positive for hantavirus
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Updated · FRANCE 24 English · May 11
French evacuee from MV Hondius tests positive for hantavirus
10 articles · Updated · FRANCE 24 English · May 11
France reported its first case after the woman, one of five passengers isolated in Paris, fell ill on Sunday night; the other four initially tested negative and will be retested.
Authorities have identified 22 contacts in France as repatriations from Tenerife continued after three passengers - a Dutch couple and a German woman - died in the outbreak.
The WHO says the Andes virus involved can spread between humans, but judges the wider public-health risk low; 94 people of 19 nationalities were evacuated from the ship on Sunday.
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