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Last Updated:May 11, 2026, 5:36 PM IST Hantavirus on Dutch ship MV Hondius kills three, sparks evacuation of about 150 in Tenerife as tourists watch the international rescue operation from ‘rat virus boat’. According to reports, the first known death was a 70-year-old Dutch passenger who died on board on April 11. (File Photo) As…
Last Updated:May 10, 2026, 11:19 PM IST French Prime Minister announced that a decree would be issued later to authorise additional isolation measures to protect the public. Ambulances transporting French national passengers of the MV Hondius arrive at the Bichat hospital in Paris on May 10. (AFP photo) One of five French citizens repatriated from…
Switzerland: The World Health Organization’s chief is due in the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday to help coordinate the evacuation of passengers hit by the hantavirus, Spanish ministry sources said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will accompany Spain’s health and interior ministers to a command post there “to ensure coordination between administrations, health control, and the…
Last Updated:May 08, 2026, 03:31 IST Hantavirus outbreak on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius near Cape Verde kills three, infects several, 149 people from 23 countries stranded, including two Indian crew members A hantavirus is a rare but contagious disease that typically spreads through rodents and even human-to-human under close contact conditions Two Indian crew…
Last Updated:May 06, 2026, 01:47 IST Three people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius, sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde, seven cases reported, a British patient in South Africa is improving Hantavirus Outbreak: For countries like India, there is no immediate cause for concern. Three people have died, and an inquiry is…
Three passengers are dead and several others are seriously ill after a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed one case and is investigating five others, putting a rare but devastating virus under the microscope. The development raises the obvious…