THE HAGUE: A cruise ship that sparked global alarm after a deadly outbreak of hantavirus will end its voyage in Rotterdam on Monday, with its remaining skeleton crew facing weeks of quarantine.<\/p>\n
The MV Hondius is expected to dock in the Dutch port between 10am (0800 GMT) and midday (1000 GMT) on Monday, according to officials, before disembarking the 27 remaining people on board: 25 crew and two medical staff.<\/p>\n
The ship, operated by Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions, made headlines after three passengers died from hantavirus \u2014 a rare virus for which no vaccines nor specific treatments exist.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization has scrambled to reassure the world that the outbreak was not a repeat of the Covid pandemic, stressing that contagion was very rare.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,\u201d WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on May 12.<\/p>\n
However, the virus has an incubation period of several weeks, meaning more cases from the ship\u2019s occupants could emerge in the future, Tedros warned.<\/p>\n
Hantavirus has been confirmed in six patients, with one other probable case, according to an AFP tally from official sources.<\/p>\n
Another patient in Canada has provisionally tested positive but is not exhibiting symptoms and the test remains to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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