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WHO Asks Countries to Follow Its Guidelines to Curb Hantavirus: “Viruses Know No Borders”
The director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated this Tuesday that the “work is not over” with the repatriation of the occupants of the cruise ship affected by hantavirus and urged countries to follow its “guidelines” because “more cases” of contagion could arise.
TL;DR
- The WHO director urges countries to follow guidelines to prevent further hantavirus spread.
- More cases of hantavirus are possible due to the virus's long incubation period.
- Three individuals repatriated from the cruise ship MV Hondius have tested positive for hantavirus.
- One French woman infected with hantavirus is in serious condition in intensive care.
- The WHO recommends a 42-day follow-up for evacuated individuals.
- Spain allowed the cruise ship to anchor despite regional government opposition.
- The Andes strain of hantavirus detected can be transmitted from person to person.