Hantavirus Hit

MV Hondius ankerde voor de kust met 146 mensen aan boord, terwijl autoriteiten zich haasten om vliegtuigen te regelen om hen naar huis te brengen. Het cruiseschip dat centraal staat in een dodelijke uitbraak van het hantavirus is gearriveerd op Tenerife voor de evacuatie van de aanwezigen. Het schip kwam in de vroege ochtend van zondag aan op de Canarische Eilanden met 146 mensen aan boord, nadat drie mensen aan het virus waren overleden en acht anderen ziek waren geworden. Lees verder...

Spaanse gezondheidsautoriteiten melden dat alle 146 passagiers asymptomatisch blijven nu het schip de wateren van Tenerife bereikt.

Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in NetherlandsWhat is hantavirus?Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said.A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on 27 April and is receiving care at a private health facility in Sandton, Johannesburg. Continue reading...

Pair left MV Hondius before outbreak was detected and are not reporting symptoms, according to UK Health Security AgencyTwo people who were onboard a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus have returned to the UK and are self-isolating, British health officials have said.Neither of the two British people, who left MV Hondius at St Helena in late April, are reporting symptoms, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSA). 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...