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Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius (AP photo) As the outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship triggered international concern, passengers on the quarantined vessel began disembarking on Sunday after it arrived off Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.The MV Hondius reached Tenerife early Sunday after sailing from Cape Verde on May…
The Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius has spent more than a week stranded and at the center of a health crisis after a deadly hantavirus outbreak killed at least three passengers and left several others sick or under watch. And after days of limbo, passengers are finally set to start leaving as the ship…
A rare and unsettling health situation has unfolded on a cruise ship travelling across the South Atlantic, pulling multiple countries into a coordinated alert. What began as a few cases of fever and respiratory illness among passengers has now escalated into confirmed hantavirus infections, suspected cases, and several deaths. The vessel, carrying fewer than 150…
Health authorities are racing to trace dozens of people who recently disembarked from the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak onboard left three people dead and several others infected.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five of eight suspected cases have been confirmed. Among the dead is a 69-year-old Dutch woman who…
Two Indians were among 149 people aboard a luxury expedition cruise ship stranded in the Atlantic Ocean after a deadly hantavirus outbreak left three passengers dead and eight others infected or suspected to be infected, according to BBC.The outbreak on board MV Hondius, which has passengers from several countries, is being treated seriously by health…
The World Health Organisation on Thursday gave assurances around the hantavirus outbreak from the cruise ship saying that the spread is expected to be limited but cautioned that cases could rise.Warning that more cases were “possible”, it added that the outbreak on the cruise ship in the Atlantic is expected to be “limited”. “We believe…
Picture this: You’re on a dream voyage across some of the most remote waters on Earth, and one fine day, it turns into a chilling public health case study.The Hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has turned into the kind of nightmare public health officials dread. What’s even more concerning is the fact…
A British crew member is in urgent need of medical care following a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, where three people have died, and several others have fallen ill.The outbreak emerged on the MV Hondius, which was carrying 149 passengers from 23 countries after departing southern Argentina in…
BHOPAL: A tigress and her last surviving cub died at Mukki quarantine facility in Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha Tiger Reserve on Wednesday, days after three of her cubs perished in quick succession in what officials believe could be an outbreak of canine distemper virus (CDV).The deaths have pushed the tiger death toll in the state to…
NAGPUR: A bird flu outbreak was confirmed late Monday evening at the Central Hatchery at Seminary Hills after around 800 to 1,000 birds died and the Bhopal-based CSIR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) lab confirmed presence of the infection, triggering urgent containment measures and administrative action.Several assistant commissioners and livestock development officers were…
