Tag: hantavirus

  • According to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, the number of individuals identified as contacts for the hantavirus has increased to 97. The Minister confirmed these figures during an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) News. The Department of Health is currently collaborating with the World Health Organization (WHO) to trace cases locally. This hantavirus…

  • The MV Hondius cruise ship has become the center of a significant health scare following a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives. Health officials are particularly concerned because they suspect the infection involves the Andes strain, which is rare for its ability to spread directly between humans. As the ship docked in the Canary…

  • One passenger from a cruise ship struck by a hantavirus outbreak has developed symptoms while being transported to France, according to the French Prime Minister. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu stated that the French national began showing symptoms during a chartered flight from Tenerife to Paris. Consequently, all five individuals evacuated from the MV Hondius were…

  • According to the South African Minister of Health, local rats do not carry the hantavirus. During a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the minister announced that South African rodents are not known to carry the hantavirus. This was an attempt to calm public fears after a deadly outbreak killed three people, with some of the infected…