홍콩 보건 당국은 대서양을 운항하던 한 크루즈선에서 발생한 한타바이러스 집단 감염과 관련해 세계보건기구(WHO)에 추가 정보를 요청하는 한편, 시 차원의 방역 태세를 강화하고 있다.
홍콩 보건방호센터(Centre for Health Protection)는 목요일, MV 혼디우스(MV Hondius)호에서 발생한 한타바이러스 집단 감염 사태와 관련해 세계보건기구(WHO)에 연락을 취했다고 밝혔다. 해당 선박은 지난 4월 1일 아르헨티나에서 출항했다. WHO는 현재까지 3명이 사망했으며, 의심 사례 8건 중 5건이 확진되었다고 보고했다. 첫 번째 환자는 4월 6일부터 증상을 보이기 시작했다. 실험실 검사 결과, 확진 사례 중 2건에서 발견된 바이러스는 안데스 유전자형으로 확인되었으며, 이는 한타바이러스 중 유일하게 제한적인 사람 간 전파가 가능한 것으로 알려져 있다. 홍콩에서는 최근 5년간 연평균 0에서 2건의 한타바이러스 감염 사례가 보고된 바 있다.
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A hantavirus outbreak has been confirmed on the MV Hondius cruise ship, resulting in three deaths. The vessel, which departed Ushuaia on April 1, is heading to Tenerife where passengers will begin evacuation on Monday.
The World Health Organization has confirmed five cases and three deaths from hantavirus aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stressing that the virus’s limited transmission route makes a wider outbreak unlikely.
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The World Health Organization stated that the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship poses no elevated global risk. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there are no similarities to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three people have died and eight suspected cases are under investigation on board.
A Swiss man who left the MV Hondius cruise ship at Saint Helena has been confirmed infected with Andes hantavirus and is now isolated in a Zurich hospital. The ship, which has seen three deaths from the outbreak, is heading to Tenerife for passenger evacuation.
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The MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying 149 people including 14 Spaniards, remains anchored off Praia's coast in Cape Verde. Local authorities have denied docking due to fears of a hantavirus outbreak that has caused three deaths. Operator Oceanwide Expeditions is considering ports in Las Palmas or Tenerife as alternatives.
Health authorities in Paraná confirmed two hantavirus cases this year on Friday, both unrelated to the outbreak under investigation on a cruise ship monitored by the WHO.
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Spain's government, in coordination with the WHO, has approved the MV Hondius cruise ship—stranded off Cape Verde amid a hantavirus outbreak that killed three—to dock in the Canary Islands within three or four days. Three passengers, including a gravely ill doctor, will be airlifted first for treatment.