AMSTERDAM/GENEVA: Following an outbreak on a cruise liner, nations around the world worked on Thursday to stop the hantavirus from spreading further by keeping track of people who had left before the virus was discovered and anyone who had been in close touch with them since.
The outbreak on the MV Hondius claimed the lives of three passengers, including a German national and a Dutch couple. According to the World Health Organization, there are three suspected cases and five confirmed cases of the virus. Although it is mostly spread by rodents, the hantavirus can occasionally transfer from person to person.
According to the ship’s management, every passenger who disembarked in St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean on April 24 has been contacted. This comprised individuals from a minimum of twelve nations, including six Americans and seven British nationals. Early in May, the first hantavirus case in this outbreak was confirmed.
The WHO reiterated that although the Andean strain of the virus, which has been identified in a number of fatalities, can occasionally spread among humans, the risk to the general public was minimal.
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