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No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency

A potential hantavirus outbreak is being monitored after several individuals evacuated from a ship showed symptoms or tested positive. As of Monday evening, 27 people, including crew and medical staff from various countries, remained on board the vessel.

BBC News - WorldFiled 2026-05-12 · 09:35 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min
No sign of larger hantavirus outbreak, says UN health agency
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A potential hantavirus outbreak is being monitored after several individuals evacuated from a ship showed symptoms or tested positive. As of Monday evening, 27 people, including crew and medical staff from various countries, remained on board the vessel. While some passengers have arrived in the Netherlands and Spain, one Spaniard and one French woman are reportedly unwell, with the latter's condition deteriorating. The US health department confirmed two American nationals exhibited mild symptoms after returning in biocontainment units. Two British nationals with confirmed cases are receiving treatment. The UN health agency has stated there is no sign of a larger outbreak, despite these isolated incidents.

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Two British nationals with confirmed cases are being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa.

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A second American national on Sunday's repatriation flight showed mild symptoms.

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A woman in Paris is isolating and her health is deteriorating, with 22 contacts being traced.

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One Spaniard who was evacuated from the vessel provisionally tested positive for hantavirus.

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27 people remained on board the ship, including 25 crew members and two medical staff.

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As of Monday evening, Oceanwide Expeditions said 27 people remained on board the ship - 25 crew members and two medical staff.These included 17 people from the Philippines, four from the Netherlands (including the two medical staff), four from Ukraine, one from Russia and one from Poland.Ukraine's foreign ministry said the Ukrainians on board would help with the ship's transfer to the Netherlands and would quarantine at a medical facility on arrival. It added that they had shown no signs of illness.Seventeen Filipino crew members arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday morning, according to the Philippine Embassy.Spain's health ministry earlier said one Spaniard who is quarantining in Madrid after being evacuated from the vessel had also provisionally tested positive for hantavirus on Monday.French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said a woman was isolating in Paris and that her health was deteriorating, with 22 contacts being traced.In a separate development, the US health department said a second American national on Sunday's repatriation flight had also shown mild symptoms, adding that both passengers had travelled back in "biocontainment units out of an abundance of caution".Two British nationals with confirmed cases are currently being treated in the Netherlands and South Africa.
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