Illustration of the MV Hondius cruise ship during a controlled hantavirus outbreak response.
Illustration of the MV Hondius cruise ship during a controlled hantavirus outbreak response.
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Hantavirusutbrott på MV Hondius bedöms inte leda till pandemi

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Världshälsoorganisationen WHO bekräftar fem fall av hantavirus efter utbrottet på kryssningsfartyget MV Hondius. Tre personer har avlidit men risken för vidare spridning i samhället bedöms som låg.

Utbrottet på MV Hondius har lett till fem bekräftade fall av hantavirus och tre dödsfall bland åtta misstänkta fall. Fartyget lämnade Ushuaia i Argentina den 20 mars med passagerare från 28 länder, inklusive en svensk man.

WHO:s generalsekreterare Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus och epidemiologen Maria Van Kerkhove betonade under en pressträff att viruset sprids på ett helt annat sätt än covid-19. "Det här är inte covid, det är inte influensa", sa Van Kerkhove.

Professor Jonas Klingström vid Linköpings universitet bedömer risken för en pandemi som "jätteliten" eftersom mänsklig smittspridning är mycket sällsynt. Fartyget väntas nå Teneriffa på lördag för evakuering av de återstående passagerarna.

Socialminister Jakob Forssmed uppger att regeringen följer utvecklingen noga och att Folkhälsomyndigheten delar WHO:s bedömning om låg samhällsrisk. En flygvärdinna i Nederländerna har isolerats med milda symtom efter kontakt med en smittad person.

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The World Health Organization said on Friday that the risk of hantavirus spreading remains extremely low after cases were reported on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Three passengers have died and several others have been infected. The vessel is heading to Tenerife.

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The Ministry of Health has issued a public health advisory following a hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius. The World Health Organisation confirmed eight cases and three deaths among passengers and crew as of May 7. No cases have been reported in Kenya and the risk to the public remains low.

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The Spanish government has confirmed that the MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying a hantavirus outbreak, will dock in Tenerife within three days. The decision follows a formal request from the World Health Organization. Foreign passengers will be repatriated and the 14 Spaniards will quarantine in Madrid.

 

 

 

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