New suspected hantavirus cases detected as two Irish passengers 'safe and well'

"Authorities seek to trace passengers who disembarked before outbreak was detected Three people have died Ship heading to Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands Human-to-human transmission is uncommon Dutch media says air stewardess in contact with passenger taken to hospital"

"“Based on the dynamics of this outbreak, based on how it is spreading and not spreading amongst the people on the ship, the people who have disembarked, as well, we continue to consider the risk as low for the general population,” Anais Legand, WHO technical officer for viral threats, said in an online briefing."

"A 32-year-old woman in the southeastern Spanish province of Alicante has symptoms consistent with a hantavirus infection and is being tested, Spanish health authorities said. She was briefly sitting on a plane behind a Dutch woman who had contracted the virus on the MV Hondius, Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla told reporters. That Dutch woman left the flight in Johannesburg feeling ill before it took off on April 25 and later died in hospital."

"WHO officials have confirmed that some of the cases on the ship are caused by the Andes strain of hantavirus, the"

Authorities are tracing passengers who disembarked from a Dutch-flagged cruise ship before the outbreak was detected. Three deaths have been linked to hantavirus infection, with additional suspected cases reported. A 32-year-old woman in Alicante, Spain, is being tested after sitting on a plane behind a Dutch woman who became ill after leaving the flight in Johannesburg and later died. A British man on Tristan da Cunha is also suspected after traveling on the same ship that stopped on the island. Health officials and the World Health Organization state that human-to-human transmission is uncommon and that risk to the general population remains low. Some cases are confirmed as caused by the Andes strain of hantavirus.

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