hantavirus
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WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreak
Eight people have tested positive for Andes virus following a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
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WHO chief says work continues after hantavirus evacuation from cruise ship
WHO director Tedros warns that hantavirus containment efforts continue after ship outbreak; global health risks remain low despite fatalities.
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South Africa monitors 90 hantavirus contacts after fatal cruise ship case
South African authorities are monitoring 90 people for hantavirus exposure after a fatal case linked to a cruise ship outbreak.
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US, French evacuees from hantavirus ship test positive
An American citizen and a French woman evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive for the virus,
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Hantavirus: Risk of widespread transmission remains low
Prof Felicity Burt from the UFS explains more about the hantavirus affecting passengers docked in a cruise ship off African coast of Cape Verde.
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Hantavirus cruise ship evacuees begin returning home from Spain
Passengers from cruise ship hit by deadly hantavirus outbreak begin journey home from Spain’s Canary Islands in complex repatriation operation.
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Hantavirus ship heads for Canary Islands amid three deaths
Hantavirus cruise ship heads for Canary Islands where passengers will be evacuated and flown to their home countries. WHO warns ‘this is not another Covid’.
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WHO: More hantavirus cases could emerge in ‘limited’ outbreak
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the outbreak to be limited…
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South African professor details race to confirm hantavirus cases
It was the start of a long weekend in South Africa on Friday when Lucille Blumberg received an email from a fellow infectious disease specialist about an unknown illness on…
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Human-to-human hantavirus strain confirmed in cruise passenger
The Andes strain of the hantavirus that is transmissible between humans has been confirmed in a passenger evacuated to South Africa from a stricken cruise ship.
