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Spain’s Ministry of Health confirmed Monday that a second Spanish national evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus, raising the confirmed case count among Spanish passengers and crew to two. The patient, identified through contact tracing, has been transferred to a high-level isolation unit at a Madrid military hospital.
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The Chelan-Douglas Health District confirmed Friday a case of Sin Nombre hantavirus in a Chelan County resident, marking a separate incident from the Andes hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship earlier this month. Health officials say exposure likely occurred in or around the patient’s home, where mice have been found.
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A Geneva High School student is at the center of a suspected hantavirus case under investigation in Ontario County, the Geneva City School District confirmed Friday. The county health department said the case poses no risk to other students, staff, or the general public.
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Africa’s top public health body confirmed a new Ebola outbreak Friday in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded. The strain has not yet been fully identified, raising questions about whether existing vaccine stockpiles will be effective.
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Twelve hospital workers at Radboudumc university medical centre in Nijmegen have been placed in precautionary quarantine for six weeks after staff used a standard blood-draw procedure instead of the stricter protocol required for hantavirus patients, the hospital announced Monday. The patient had been evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship on May 7.
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One of the 17 Americans evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship has tested positive for hantavirus, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Sunday night. A second passenger is showing mild symptoms, marking the first confirmed case tied to the vessel.
