'Low risk' as Africa hantavirus cases spur surveillance - SciDev.Net
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Health officials in Africa assess hantavirus risk as low, despite confirmed cases and deaths linked to the MV Hondius outbreak. Three Zimbabwean nationals are quarantined in Harare, and two individuals died in St Helena and Johannesburg.
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vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com · 2026-06-03
Health officials in Africa maintain that the hantavirus poses a low risk to public health, despite confirmed and potential cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak. Three Zimbabwean nationals evacuated from Ascension Island are currently under quarantine in Harare, Zimbabwe, for 45 days. Additionally, South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported that a 70-year-old man died on St Helena, and his 69-year-old wife died in Johannesburg, with both deaths confirmed to be due to hantavirus.
- ReferenceHantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-locations
vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com · 2026-06-03
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its fourth Disease Outbreak News report on May 28, 2026, detailing the Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the M/V Hondius cruise ship. The outbreak was initially reported on May 2, 2026. As of May 27, 2026, a total of 13 cases, including eleven confirmed and two probable, have been reported, with three deaths (two confirmed and one probable). Since the previous report on May 13, three additional confirmed cases were identified in Canada, the Netherlands, and Spain. The Andes virus, endemic to South America, is known for its limited human-to-human
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