Five cases of hantavirus have now been confirmed in relation to an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, and more may follow due to the virus’s six week incubation period.
Three people have died either on board or after travelling on the MV Hondius, which set sail from Argentina a month ago.
Contact tracing is under way in several countries for passengers who left the ship before the outbreak was detected – including the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
In a recent WHO news conference, infectious disease epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove said: “I want to be unequivocal here. This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a Covid pandemic. This is an outbreak that we see on a ship”.
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