Hantavirus Outbreak

• Almeno sei stati degli USA — California, Georgia, Virginia, Arizona, Texas e New Jersey — stanno monitorando nove residenti che hanno sbarcato dalla nave da crociera MV Hondius durante un focolaio letale di hantavirus all'estero. • Le autorità sanitarie riferiscono che non ci sono sintomi tra gli americani monitorati, tra cui due ciascuno in Texas, New Jersey e Georgia, e uno ciascuno in California, Virginia e Arizona; in totale, 30 persone hanno lasciato la nave alla fine dello scorso mese prima che l'epidemia venisse confermata. • I portavoce statali, come Brian Micek della California e Nancy Nydam Shirek della Georgia, sottolineano il coordinamento con il CDC e il basso rischio per il pubblico, con un monitoraggio autonomo tramite controlli quotidiani della temperatura in Texas.

Il paziente si trova ancora nell'isola di Tristan da Cunha, nell'Atlantico meridionale, secondo le autorità sanitarie, mentre l'imbarcazione è diretta a Tenerife. Spiegazione: cos'è l'hantavirus? Un terzo cittadino britannico è stato diagnosticato con un sospetto caso di hantavirus legato a un focolaio su una nave da crociera, hanno dichiarato le autorità sanitarie. La UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) aveva già confermato due casi tra cittadini britannici, attualmente ricoverati in ospedali nei Paesi Bassi e in Sud Africa. È stato riferito che un terzo caso è stato segnalato sull'isola di Tristan da Cunha, nell'Atlantico meridionale, dove il paziente permane. Continua a leggere...

• A hantavirus outbreak struck a cruise ship, sickening multiple passengers and prompting health alerts. • HHS is addressing allegations of overmedication with SSRIs alongside the infectious disease response. • The incident highlights rare but severe risks of rodent-borne viruses in confined travel settings.

Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in regionOfficials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home countries.Argentina, where the cruise to Antarctica departed, is consistently ranked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having the highest incidence of the rare, rodent-borne disease in Latin America. Investigators there are working to contact trace the source of contamination. Continue reading...

MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Stephanie Convery with the main action.Mortgage holders are set to be hundreds of dollars worse off per month than they were at the start of the year as the Reserve Bank prepares to unload a third consecutive interest rate hike on borrowers. More coming up. Continue reading...

Officials say they will not authorise docking ‘to protect public health’ after deaths of three passengers on vesselWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?Officials in Cape Verde have said they will not allow a cruise ship believed to be harbouring an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus to dock in its ports, after the deaths of three passengers onboard.The statement on Monday came hours after global health officials said they were scrambling to investigate the suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, on the cruise ship in the Atlantic. Continue reading...

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South AfricaThree people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sailing in the Atlantic.One case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed and there were five additional suspected cases, the World Health Organization told Agence France-Presse on Sunday. Continue reading...