A writer with a severe fear of water and swimming discusses cruise ship outbreaks, finding vindication in health concerns that deter him from joining his mother on cruises.
A Canadian from Yukon has tested positive for hantavirus after sailing on the MV Hondius, bringing the total infections to 11. Three passengers have died.
One of four Canadians quarantining in British Columbia after exposure to hantavirus on a cruise ship has presumptively tested positive. The individual, who developed mild symptoms, is stable and in isolation at a Victoria hospital.
Dr. Stephen Kornfeld, a US oncologist, is isolated in a Nebraska biocontainment unit after testing positive for hantavirus following a cruise ship outbreak. 11 cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported globally from the MV Hondius cruise.
A French woman, infected with hantavirus during a cruise ship outbreak, is in critical condition in Paris, treated with an artificial lung. The outbreak has caused 11 infections and 3 deaths, with investigations into its origin in South America.
A Spanish passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus, bringing the total confirmed cases to 11, including three deaths. The ship is returning to the Netherlands for disinfection.
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Two Singapore residents who had been on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship have tested negative to the rare respiratory disease, according to Singapore’s Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA). The two men aged 65 and 67 had been on the MV Hondius and also the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case from St Helena to Johannesburg on April 25, the CDA said a day earlier. The confirmed case did not travel to the city state and died in South Africa. The CDA’s National Public Health Laboratory...
Patient remains in south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, say health officials, as vessel heads to Tenerife Explainer: What is hantavirus?A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak, health officials have said.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) had already confirmed two cases among British nationals, who are in hospitals in the Netherlands and South Africa. It said a third has been reported on the south Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, where the patient remains. Continue reading...
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