The cruise ship at center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak has to undergo extra cleaning
Yahoo • • health
Key Points:
- A cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak is undergoing additional cleaning in Rotterdam before returning to its home port in Vlissingen, Netherlands, following advice from local health authorities.
- Oceanwide Expeditions, the operator of the vessel Hondius, stated that the cleaning is based on inspection findings by the GGD health authority, which will conduct a final inspection before the ship can depart.
- The outbreak has resulted in 12 reported hantavirus cases and three deaths, with no new fatalities since May 2, according to the World Health Organization.
- All passengers and crew remain in quarantine and under close monitoring, with officials describing the situation as stable and the risk to the general public as low.
- The hantavirus involved, the Andes virus, can rarely spread between people, but typically transmits through inhalation of contaminated rodent droppings.