ABCNEWS - WATCH: Travel blogger documents journey on cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
Jake Rosamarin discusses how he went into voluntary quarantine and the events that unfolded while aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
Jake Rosamarin discusses how he went into voluntary quarantine and the events that unfolded while aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
There are 18 total U.S. citizens that quarantined in Nebraska.
The outbreak follows an Andes hantavirus outbreak in May among passengers aboard the MV Hondius.
The hantavirus outbreak began on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius in April.
Tedros provided an update stating that WHO has reported 12 cases of hantavirus and three deaths, with no other confirmed deaths since May 2. The outbreak is believed to have originated from South America after infected travelers boarded the cruise ship MV Hondius earlier this month.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is scheduled to arrive in the port city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Monday morning. The MV Hondius has spent the past six days sailing from the Canary Islands, where the remaining passengers were escorted off the vessel by personnel in [...]
The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer.
Officials with WHO are explaining their decision to classify every patient on board the MV Hondius as a “high risk contact."
David Cates, a psychologist working with Americans exposed to the disease on the MV Hondius, said psychosocial supports are just as important as physical care.
The woman, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius, was breathing with the help of an artificial lung, officials in Paris said.