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The head of the World Health Organization arrived on the Canary Islands Saturday and attempted to reassure locals petrified about the overnight arrival of the hantavirus-infected MV Hondius ... Hantavirus timeline.
A team of British army medics and paratroopers airdropped onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha Saturday to render aid to a UK national who is believed to have contracted hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization said that five of the eight cases reported on board the cruise ship MV Hondius had been confirmed as hantavirus infections, while the other three were considered suspected cases.
On Thursday, the World Health Organization said that five of the eight cases reported on board the cruise ship MV Hondius had been confirmed as hantavirus infections, while the other three were considered suspected cases.