UK military launches emergency mission to support a Briton linked to the MV Hondius virus outbreak. The British Army has parachuted medical personnel and emergency supplies onto the remote island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British man with suspected hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius outbreak. The man, who lives on the isolated…
Spanish nationals from the virus-hit MV Hondius have begun quarantine after evacuation in Tenerife. The first passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-affected MV Hondius have arrived in Madrid after leaving the cruise ship anchored near Tenerife. Fourteen Spanish nationals were flown from Tenerife on a chartered aircraft and transferred to a military hospital in Madrid, where…
Spanish authorities have started evacuating passengers from the virus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship anchored near Tenerife. Spain on Sunday began a large-scale operation to remove passengers and crew from the MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak linked to the vessel left three people dead. Health officials said all remaining passengers are currently asymptomatic as evacuation…
More than 100 passengers and crew members have fallen ill during a Caribbean Princess voyage, according to the CDC. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a norovirus outbreak aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship has sickened 115 people so far. The agency confirmed that 102 passengers and 13 crew members reported…
Concerns are growing in Tenerife as the MV Hondius cruise ship approaches following a hantavirus outbreak onboard. Spanish authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) have approved plans for passengers aboard the MV Hondius to disembark in Tenerife this weekend after several hantavirus cases were reported during the voyage. Three passengers were previously evacuated in…
Health authorities in Sokoto are battling to contain a growing meningitis outbreak after dozens of deaths were recorded across the state. The Sokoto State government has confirmed that 33 people have died following a meningitis outbreak that has spread across eight local government areas in the state. Officials said at least 256 suspected cases have…
The World Health Organization says the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship poses a low public health risk. The World Health Organization has said the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius is not the beginning of another global pandemic, despite confirmed cases and deaths linked to the vessel. Speaking at a briefing…
Health officials in the US are monitoring cruise ship passengers after confirmed hantavirus cases aboard the MV Hondius rose to five. Authorities in Arizona and Georgia are monitoring several residents who recently returned from the cruise ship MV Hondius following a hantavirus outbreak linked to multiple deaths and illnesses onboard. According to health officials, none…
Regional leader questions why passengers cannot disembark in Cape Verde. The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has opposed plans for the virus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius to dock in Tenerife. He said it “does not make sense” for passengers to travel three more days from Cape Verde when they could be repatriated directly…
It starts like the flu. Then, very quickly, it can become something much more serious. You may have seen the headlines this week. A cruise ship stranded off the coast of Cape Verde. Three people dead. Passengers from 23 countries confined on board while health authorities scramble outside. The suspected cause: hantavirus — a name…
