According to the UN health agency, there is no indication of a wider Hantavirus outbreak. WHO

 

The head of the UN health agency has stated that there is "no sign" of a wider Hantavirus outbreak following the evacuation of the last passengers from a disease-stricken cruise ship. However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), has cautioned that "the situation could change" and that there may be more confirmed virus cases. The MV Hondius departed Tenerife on Monday and is sailing to the Dutch port of Rotterdam. Two flights carrying the final 28 passengers have tested positive.
However, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), cautioned that "the situation could change" and that there might be additional confirmed viral infections.
On Monday, the MV Hondius sailed from Tenerife to Rotterdam, a port in the Netherlands. On Tuesday, two aircraft carrying the last 28 passengers touched down in neighboring Eindhoven.

After traveling on the ship, three persons passed away. Both a Spaniard and a French national who had already returned home tested positive. Nine cases have been confirmed by the WHO, and two more are suspected.

 

Twelve employees at a Dutch hospital are currently under quarantine due to potential virus exposure after treating one of the evacuated passengers. The hospital in the city of Nijmegen said on Monday that this was a precautionary measure because the workers did not follow strict protocols when handling the patient's blood and urine samples. The Spanish patient is described as having mild respiratory symptoms. The French woman is in intensive care in a hospital in Paris, where doctors say she has "the most severe form" of the illness and is receiving treatment with an artificial lung.
Mild respiratory symptoms are reported for the Spanish patient.
After treating one of the evacuated passengers, twelve staff members at a Dutch hospital are currently under quarantine due to potential viral contact.

The hospital in the city of Nijmegen stated on Monday that this was a preventative action since the personnel handling the patient's blood and urine samples did not adhere to established guidelines.

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 "At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak." "But of course the situation could change and, given the long incubation period of the virus, it's possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks." Ghebreyesus emphasized that "our work is not over" to contain the outbreak from the cruise ship. Hantaviruses are typically carried by rodents, but human transmission of the Andes strain—which the WHO believes some of the ship's passengers contracted in South America.Naturally, though, things could change, and considering how long the virus takes to incubate, we might see more instances in the upcoming weeks."

Additionally, he emphasized that "our work is not over" in terms of containing the cruise ship outbreak.

Although rodents are typically the carriers of hantaviruses, it is possible for humans to contract the Andes strain, which the WHO suspects some of the ship's passengers acquired in South America.

Fever, intense exhaustion, muscle pains, stomach discomfort, vomiting, diarrhea, and shortness of breath are some of the symptoms. According to WHO officials, there is very little chance of a significant outbreak.
The likelihood of a significant outbreak is quite low, according to WHO officials.

 

 One of the 14 Spaniards being held in quarantine in Madrid following their evacuation from the ship tested positive for hantavirus on Tuesday, according to Spain's health minister.

 

According to the government, the passenger is stable despite having a "low-grade fever and mild respiratory symptoms."
Biological samples are being collected in Italy from a symptomatic guy who flew on the same aircraft as a woman who subsequently succumbed to the illness.
The Spallanzani in Rome, Italy's primary hospital for infectious diseases, will receive the samples, according to the ANSA news agency.

In other news, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that things were "under control" in his country.

 

According to Health Minister Stéphanie Rist, 22 so-called "contact cases" were being hospitalized in isolation for at least two weeks, one French woman was in critical care, and four other people who had been repatriated had tested negative in the hospital.
Currently, two British citizens with proven cases are receiving treatment in South Africa and the Netherlands.

 

The Dutch-flagged ship is scheduled to arrive in Rotterdam on the evening of May 17 after a six-day voyage. The ship will be sanitized, but the specific arrival methods are still being discussed, according to Oceanwide Expedition, the ship's operator.

 

Over the past few days, 122 passengers and crew members of the MV Hondius have been returned to the Netherlands and their home countries on government-chartered flights, with the last six passengers—four Australians, one Briton, and one New Zealander—as well as a few crew members departing the ship on Monday.
Over the past three days, government-chartered flights have returned 122 passengers and crew members of the MV Hondius to the Netherlands and their home countries.

 

As of Monday evening, Oceanwide Expeditions reported that 27 people were still on board the ship, including 25 crew members and two medical personnel. Of these, 17 were from the Philippines, 4 were from the Netherlands (including the two medical personnel), 4 were from Ukraine, 1 was from Russia, and 1 was from Poland. Ukraine's foreign ministry stated that the Ukrainians on board would assist with the ship's transfer to the Netherlands and would be quarantined at a medical facility upon arrival. The Philippine Embassy reported that 17 Filipino crew members arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday morning.
Among them were 17 individuals from the Philippines, four from the Netherlands (including the two medical personnel), four from Ukraine, one from Russia, and one from Poland.
The Ukrainians on board would assist with the ship's passage to the Netherlands and would be placed under quarantine at a medical institution upon arrival, according to Ukraine's foreign ministry. They had not displayed any symptoms of disease, it continued.

According to the Philippine Embassy, seventeen Filipino crew members reached the Netherlands early on Tuesday.

The first passenger to pass away on board the MV Hondius on April 11 was a 70-year-old Dutch man who had previously experienced symptoms and is thought to have been the first person infected in the outbreak, although he passed away before being tested. He is thought to have been the first person in the outbreak to exhibit symptoms, but he passed away before being tested.

 

On April 24, his wife, 69, departed the ship on the island of St. Helena and took a plane to South Africa. Two days later, she passed away in a Johannesburg clinic.
On May 2, a German woman passed away aboard the cruise ship.
The cases of both women were verified.

After leaving Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, the MV Hondius was transporting 147 passengers and crew from 23 different nations.