Three people have died from hantavirus infections in Venezuela's Anzoátegui state, with two more suspected deaths under investigation in Barinas. Authorities confirmed no human-to-human transmission in the country, describing the incidents as isolated and posing low risk to the general community.
Il Ministero della Salute del Venezuela ha confermato tre decessi per hantavirus nello Stato di Anzoátegui, trasmesso dai roditori. Altri due decessi di medici a Barinas sono sotto indagine e non collegati ai casi di Anzoátegui.
El Ministerio de Salud de Venezuela confirmó el fallecimiento de tres pacientes por hantavirus en Boca de Pao, Anzoátegui, descartando transmisión persona a persona. Desmintió casos en Barinas y ordenó un cerco sanitario en la zona rural afectada.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on the 2nd that the Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in April-May has been declared over, as the last quarantined individual tested negative and returned home. The outbreak involved 13 cases, including 3 deaths, due to the rare human-to-human transmissible Andes strain. Meanwhile, the Ebola outbreak in Congo continues with over 1400 cases and 438 deaths.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius over, as the final contact of an infected person completed quarantine and tested negative. The outbreak infected 13 people and killed three.
Die WHO hat den Hantavirus-Ausbruch auf dem Kreuzfahrtschiff "Hondius" für beendet erklärt. 13 Infektionen und drei Todesfälle, darunter eine Deutsche, wurden registriert. Die Gefahr einer Pandemie wird als gering eingestuft.
L'OMS annonce la fin de l'épisode d'hantavirus sur le bateau de croisière MV Hondius, qui avait causé 3 morts et 13 cas. Plus de 650 cas contacts suivis dans 33 pays.
The WHO declared an end to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship after the last contact completed quarantine and tested negative. The outbreak resulted in 12 confirmed and 1 probable case, including three deaths.
The US response to a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship concluded without American cases, but raised significant questions about the Trump administration's strict, unevenly applied quarantine orders, which overruled expert advice for one passenger.
The final eight American passengers exposed to a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship have completed a 42-day quarantine in Omaha, Nebraska. Three deaths were linked to the outbreak. One passenger, Angela Perryman, was held against her will under a controversial order.
Expertos describen los cruceros como "laboratorios flotantes" o "plataformas móviles de brotes" debido a la facilidad con la que las enfermedades pueden propagarse en un entorno cerrado y con personas de todo el mundo. A pesar de las medidas preventivas, el riesgo de contagio es elevado, como se vio en el brote de hantavirus en el MV Hondius.
Nach einem Hantavirus-Ausbruch auf dem Kreuzfahrtschiff "Hondius" dürfen die noch in Quarantäne befindlichen deutschen Passagiere diese bald verlassen. Die WHO empfahl eine Überwachung bis 21. Juni. Die genaue Ansteckungsquelle auf dem Schiff ist unklar.
Nach einem Hantavirus-Ausbruch auf dem Kreuzfahrtschiff "Hondius" in Argentinien endet bald die Quarantäne für deutsche Passagiere. Drei Menschen starben, mehrere erkrankten. Die genaue Ansteckungsquelle ist unklar, aber Nagetiere gelten als Überträger.
Après une grave épidémie de hantavirus à bord du MV Hondius, la plupart des passagers et membres d'équipage en quarantaine aux Pays-Bas sont autorisés à rentrer chez eux. La situation est stable depuis le 2 mai, sans nouveau cas ni décès.
L'OMS annonce que la quasi-totalité des passagers et membres d'équipage du navire MV Hondius, touchés par une épidémie de hantavirus, peuvent rentrer chez eux après quarantaine aux Pays-Bas. Douze cas confirmés et un probable, dont trois décès, avaient été recensés.
Les passagers et membres d'équipage du navire MV Hondius, en quarantaine aux Pays-Bas suite à une épidémie de hantavirus, sont autorisés à rentrer chez eux. L'OMS confirme la fin de l'alerte sanitaire internationale.
El último paciente ingresado por hantavirus en el Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla ha recibido el alta. El brote, originado en el crucero MV Hondius, causó la muerte a tres personas de las catorce evacuadas en Tenerife.
El último paciente ingresado por hantavirus en el Hospital Central de la Defensa Gómez Ulla ha sido dado de alta. Doce españoles que estuvieron en cuarentena domiciliaria tras el brote en un crucero también esperan el alta definitiva.
A hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, involving 147 passengers and crew from 23 nationalities, has been successfully contained. Spain's leadership in docking and managing disembarkation, WHO's technical guidance, and UKHSA's repatriation efforts were crucial. This success highlights effective international cooperation in public health.
The Trump administration spent $750,000 to charter a private yacht for the evacuation of a single US citizen from Pitcairn Island. The woman was potentially exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship, and the costly operation has strained the State Department's emergency budget.
A 38-year-old inmate at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California is being treated for a possible hantavirus infection, with officials stating no person-to-person spread is believed and no quarantine has been announced.
The Trump administration's stringent quarantine orders, travel bans, and restrictions on returning citizens during Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks have drawn criticism from public health experts who deem them draconian and inconsistent with past stances on individual freedoms.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported one confirmed Hantavirus case on Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory. The patient had been on the MV Honorius cruise ship, which experienced an outbreak. No new deaths have been reported in over a month, with cumulative cases at 13 and 3 deaths.
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus announced 13 hantavirus cases, including 3 deaths, on the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius. The virus was detected after a passenger was confirmed to have it in Tristan da Cunha. No new deaths have been reported since May 2.
