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Spain identifies two flight contacts linked to cruise ship hantavirus outbreak

Spanish health authorities have identified two individuals under surveillance on their territory connected to the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, as the difficulty of tracing secondary exposures beyond the ship itself becomes increasingly apparent. A 32-year-old woman in the southeastern......

WHO rules out pandemic risk from hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship MV Hondius

The World Health Organization moved Wednesday to contain alarm over a hantavirus outbreak detected aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stating in Geneva that the situation does not resemble the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the......

Three US states monitor residents who traveled on hantavirus cruise ship as Andes strain confirmed

Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the......

Spain to repatriate all passengers from cruise ship hit by deadly hantavirus outbreak

Spain has agreed to receive the MV Hondius, a luxury expedition cruise ship struck by a fatal hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla in southern Tenerife, from where all passengers and crew will be repatriated to their home countries. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced......

Canary Islands leader opposes docking of hantavirus-hit cruise ship at Tenerife

A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has been identified as the Andes strain, the only known hantavirus capable of spreading from person to person, as the Dutch-flagged vessel sailed from Cape Verde toward Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday amid a growing international health......

Canary Islands leader rejects cruise ship over Hantavirus concerns

The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has rejected plans for a cruise ship reportedly affected by hantavirus concerns to dock on the archipelago’s shores, citing public health risks and lack of information. Clavijo stated that local authorities had not received sufficient details......

WHO monitors Hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship outbreak

The World Health Organization has confirmed that cases of hantavirus have been detected aboard a cruise ship, raising concerns among health authorities. According to initial reports, two cases have been confirmed while several others remain under investigation. Understanding the Virus Hantavirus is......

South Africa reports critical British passenger after Hantavirus outbreak on antarctic cruise

South Africa’s health authorities have confirmed a serious public health incident involving a suspected hantavirus outbreak on an international cruise traveling through Antarctic waters. The situation has led to urgent medical responses after several passengers were affected. Condition of passengers According......

Barcelona to limit cruise ship traffic in fight against overtourism

Barcelona has announced a major step to reduce cruise ship traffic, part of a growing European push to counter overtourism. Under a new agreement signed by the city council and the port authority, the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five by 2030. This will lower the port’s......