The World Health Organization (WHO) says the first hantavirus case on the polar expedition ship MV Hondius could not have been infected during the voyage, according to an expert who spoke to AFP. The ship departed Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1 and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde, arriving on Sunday, with about 150 passengers and crew onboard. WHO was alerted on Saturday to a rare but deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the vessel. After reviewing the timeline of symptoms and deaths reported aboard the ship, WHO determined that the first of three people who have died must have acquired the infection before boarding. That assessment implies the remaining cases on the Hondius occurred after that first person’s presumed pre-cruise infection, rather than during the cruise. The reports do not provide details on how WHO reached the conclusion beyond its assessment of the outbreak’s timing. The WHO position focuses on when the initial infection most likely occurred relative to the start of the cruise route between Argentina and Cape Verde.
WHO says first hantavirus infection on MV Hondius likely occurred before cruise
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the first hantavirus case on the polar expedition ship MV Hondius could not have been infected during the voyage, according to an expert who spoke to AFP. The...
- WHO determines the first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius was likely infected before the cruise began.
- The MV Hondius leaves Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1 and cruises across the Atlantic to Cape Verde.
- The ship arrives in Cape Verde on Sunday with around 150 passengers and crew onboard.
- WHO is alerted on Saturday to a rare but deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the Hondius.
- Three deaths are reported in connection with the outbreak.
GENEVA — The first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization expert told AFP on Wednesday. The polar expedition ship left Ushuaia in Argentina on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde, where it arrived on Sunday, with around 150 passengers and crew on board. The WHO, which was alerted Saturday to a rare but deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard the Hondius, has determined that the first of three people to die must have been infected before boarding the ship. READ: Hantavirus ship passenger: […]...Keep on reading: First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise – WHO
3 months agoThe first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization expert told AFP on Wednesday. The post WHO says hantavirus case was not caught on ship appeared first on Vanguard News.
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