Hantavirus lab leak confirmed by June 30?

Hantavirus case confirmed in Argentina with strain linked to cruise ship outbreak A man hospitalized at the Ramón Carrillo Hospital in Bariloche, Argentina, tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus. This same variant affected passengers on a Dutch cruise ship that departed from Ushuaia in April, triggering an international alert. Hospital authorities reported that the Malbrán Institute confirmed the results. The 46-year-old patient is "progressing favorably" and remains under monitoring. The Andes strain is the only one that allows human-to-human transmission and is present in the Chubut, Río Negro, and Neuquén regions, as well as southern Chile.

More than 1,700 people are stranded on a cruise ship in Bordeaux due to suspected cases of the virus, BFM TV reports. Approximately fifty people on board an Ambassador Cruise Line ship have developed symptoms of gastrointestinal distress. One passenger, a 90-year-old man, has died. Those affected are being tested for possible norovirus infection. Tests on board ruled out the virus, but research is now being conducted at a Bordeaux hospital, the TV channel notes. Public health authorities are denying a connection between the illness on board and the hantavirus, which was previously detected on the cruise ship MV Hondius, and are raising the possibility of food poisoning. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android [in reply to: Hantavirus has been detected in 11 passengers of the MV Hondius cruise ship, nine of whom have been confirmed to have Andes hantavirus, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The WHO has not yet detected any signs of a large-scale outbreak of the Andes hantavirus, but the number of infected people could increase in the coming weeks, the head of the organization stated. Ghebreyesus warned that the situation could change due to the virus's long incubation period. Max | Telegram | Newsletter | iOS App | Android

Vacationing doctor who stepped in to treat hantavirus patients on MV Hondius tests positive for virus

ECDC'S HOEFER: NO INDICATION THAT HANTAVIRUS FROM HONDIUS CRUISE SHIP IS BEHAVING DIFFERENTLY THAN THE KNOWN VIRUS, LIKELY A SINGLE TRANSMISSION EVENT FROM AN INFECTED ANIMAL TO A HUMAN

Latest WHO update: 11 hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, including 3 deaths; 9 confirmed and 2 probable cases. • • Netherlands: 3 cases / 2 deaths — includes the first reported couple and the ship doctor. • • UK: 3 cases — 2 confirmed, 1 probable. • • Germany: 1 case / 1 death — post-mortem test confirmed Andes virus. • • Switzerland: 1 case — confirmed after returning home. • • France: 1 case — patient reported in critical condition. • • US: 1 case — one passenger tested positive; another under follow-up. • • Spain: 1 case — passenger tested positive after evacuation to Madrid.

FRENCH HEALTH MINISTER STEPHANIE RIST SAID ON TUESDAY THAT ​IT WASN'T CERTAIN WHETHER THE HANTAVIRUS STRAIN ‌INVOLVED IN THE OUTBREAK ON THE MV HONDIUS CRUISE SHIP MAY HAVE MUTATED, ALTHOUGH OFFICIALS WERE "RATHER REASSURED." ...

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International evacuation of cruise ship passengers due to hantavirus outbreak being prepared near Tenerife – media An international evacuation of passengers from the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius is being prepared off the coast of Tenerife after a hantavirus outbreak was detected on board, causing several cases, while the World Health Organization stressed that the risk to public health remains low, Reuters reported. European countries and the United States are organizing the evacuation of their citizens from a ship heading to a Spanish port near Tenerife, after the WHO informed member states about the evacuation procedure and recommended enhanced medical monitoring of passengers for 42 days from the last contact. ...