Hantavirus: How is the outbreak being contained as passengers return?
Key takeaways
- Passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship are returning to their home countries, some with symptoms and many without.
- Hantavirus is a rare rodent-borne illness that has multiple strains of varying severity.
- With the ship now docked, passengers are being returned to their countries of residence.
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Passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship are returning to their home countries, some with symptoms and many without. What happens to these people and what is being done to contain the spread?
https://p.dw.com/p/5Db Ch Anyone coming in to close contact with a person at high risk of having hantavirus is urged to wear protective clothing Image: Andres Gutierrez/Anadolu Agency/IMAGOAdvertisement So far, three people have died, with several others taken ill, after a hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship, MV Hondius. Hantavirus is a rare rodent-borne illness that has multiple strains of varying severity.
With the ship now docked, passengers are being returned to their countries of residence. Each will face a slightly different process over the coming days and weeks, depending on their infection status and their country's reactions to such outbreaks.