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From Aljazeera RSS Feed: WHO confirms 10 global hantavirus cases, Hondius crew remain symptom-free

A clade I mpox case has been confirmed in Connecticut, marking the first identified case in the state. Officials say it does not pose a risk to the general public.

The World Health Organization announced it expects more cases of hantavirus to crop up in the days and weeks ahead, but assured there are no indications of a wider outbreak on the horizon.

A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is starting the process of evacuating passengers in Spain’s Canary Islands, almost a month after the contagious disease broke out.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, along with Spain’s Health Minister Monica Garcia and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, are to head to the island Saturday to coordinate th…

“They will arrive at a completely isolated, cordoned-off area,” said Virginia Barcones, Spain’s head of emergency services, on Thursday.

The KLM stewardess, who hasn’t been identified, was put in isolation in a hospital in Amsterdam late Wednesday to undergo testing.

Nearly two dozen MV Hondius passengers ditched the voyage almost two weeks ago – including a European man who tested positive for the deadly hantavirus at home Wednesday, new reports reveal.

MV Hondius passengers could face quarantine for up to eight weeks, a health expert warned Tuesday – as officials scrambled to contain a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

The marooned luxury MV Hondius cruise ship at the center of a deadly suspected hantavirus outbreak is now planning to dock in Spain, the World Health Organization revealed Tuesday.

The cases include three passengers who died, one critically ill patient, and three people reporting mild symptoms, the World Health Organization said.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the m/v Hondius cruise ship has left three dead and others ill, according to WHO. Medical evacuations are being coordinated.

Three people have died and one is in intensive care in South Africa after a cluster of hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization said Sunday.

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The World Health Organization estimates that every year, 3.8 million people die from harmful indoor air — especially due to fuel and dirty cook stoves.