Hantavirus-hit cruise operator says ship was not source of outbreak
'The indications strongly suggest that the virus was introduced prior to embarkation and did not originate from the vessel itself,' Oceanwide Expeditions' CEO said.
#Health #World #Hantavirus
https://globalnews.ca/news/11857107/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-operator-says-it-was-not-source/
Hantavirus-hit cruise operator says ship was not source of outbreak
'The indications strongly suggest that the virus was introduced prior to embarkation and did not originate from the vessel itself,' Oceanwide Expeditions' CEO said.
#Health #World #Hantavirus
https://globalnews.ca/news/11857107/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-operator-says-it-was-not-source/

How did the trip of a lifetime end with six weeks in federal quarantine?

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Hantavirus outbreak doesn't appear to have originated on Dutch cruise ship, CEO says
The head of Oceanwide Expeditions says the information gathered to date about a deadly cluster of hantavirus cases "strongly" suggests the outbreak that hit his company's cruise ship did not originate on the vessel itself.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/oceanwide-expeditions-ceo-statement-hantavirus-hondius-9.7204829?cmp=rss
Argentine authorities trap rats to hunt for source of deadly hantavirus outbreak
Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise that set sail last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia on Tuesday, with the aim of detecting the possible presence of the virus in an area previously thought unaffected.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/argentina-source-hantavirus-rat-traps-9.7205140?cmp=rss
Argentine authorities trap rats to hunt for source of deadly hantavirus outbreak
Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise that set sail last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia on Tuesday, with the aim of detecting the possible presence of the virus in an area previously thought unaffected.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/argentina-source-hantavirus-rat-traps-9.7205140?cmp=rss
B.C.'s top doctor to provide update on Canadians isolating after leaving hantavirus-affected ship
B.C.'s top doctor is set to speak on Saturday about the Canadians who have been isolating after leaving the cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak in recent weeks.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-update-hantavirus-update-bonnie-henry-may-16-9.7202396?cmp=rss

"Le CDC a réagi tard — quatre jours après la première alerte de l'OMS — et communique au minimum. Peu étonnant pour une agence volontairement affaiblie par l'administration Trump. Les coupes budgétaires s'y comptent en milliards de dollars, des salariés ont été licenciés et de nombreux programmes sont menacés, rappelle le docteur Amesh Adalja, spécialiste en maladies infectieuses à l'université Johns-Hopkins."

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https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/hantavirus-declare-a-bord-d-un-navire-de-croisiere/ils-ne-renforcent-pas-la-sante-publique-mondiale-ils-l-affaiblissent-la-gestion-de-l-hantavirus-par-les-autorites-sanitaires-americaines-sous-le-feu-des-critiques_8001293.html

"Ils ne renforcent pas la santé publique mondiale, ils l'affaiblissent" : la gestion de l'hantavirus par les Etats-Unis sous le feu des critiques

L'agence fédérale américaine de santé publique, très affaiblie par l'administration Trump, n'a réagi que quatre jours après l'alerte de l'OMS. Le ministre de la Santé, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a assuré que la situation était "sous contrôle".

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HANTAVIRUS AND ANDES VIRUS 101

As a trained medical professional, I feel the need to inform and raise awareness of the latest MV Hondius (cruise ship) hantavirus outbreak in early May 2026.

Here is a quick rundown of facts about hantavirus in general...

View full note: https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0513-41843

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