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Hantavirus outbreak on Hondias cruise ship: 1 Canadian passenger initially tested positive | International | Central News Agency CNA
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2026/5/17 09:48 (updated at 5/17 09:56) Please agree to our privacy policy to enable the news listening function. (Central News Agency, Montreal, June 16, Comprehensive Foreign Reports) Canadian public health officials said today that a “high-risk” passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship has preliminarily tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus. Agence France-Presse reported that the patient was one of four Canadian citizens on board the cruise ship where the hantavirus outbreak occurred. The ship was originally scheduled to sail from Argentina to the Atlantic Ocean on April 1, but an outbreak of a rare rodent-borne disease brought the planned voyage to an abrupt end. The Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement that officials from the western province of British Columbia reported: “One of the four high-risk cases who are self-isolating and being monitored for symptoms has preliminarily tested positive for Andes hantavirus.” The only hantavirus known to be transmitted between people is the Andes strain. The global death toll currently stands at three. Officials said the patient and his spouse who had mild symptoms were sent to the hospital yesterday and will continue to be quarantined and observed in the hospital. The statement stated: “As a precaution, the third person who was originally isolated in a safe place has been transferred to the hospital for evaluation and testing.” The test results to confirm whether he is infected with hantavirus are expected to be released in the next few days. The Public Health Agency of Canada emphasizes: “The overall risk to the general Canadian population from the current Andes hantavirus outbreak associated with the Hondias cruise ship remains low.” There is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for hantavirus, but health officials have refuted the comparison of hantavirus with the COVID-19 epidemic. (Compiled by: Chen Yuting) 1150517 supports Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of sponsorship to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.



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Cruise ship Hanta epidemic raises doubts and tests public health communication capabilities in the post-COVID era
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(Central News Agency, London, comprehensive foreign news report on the 15th) A rodent with a scary name spreads the virus, cruise ships are quarantined at sea, many people die, and the number of cases continues to rise. An outbreak of the Andes strain hantavirus on a luxury Atlantic cruise ship has awakened the trauma and panic of the COVID-19 era online.



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WHO: Cooperate with the United States and Argentina to respond to the Hantavirus epidemic on cruise ships | International | Central News Agency CNA
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Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Geneva, July 7, Comprehensive Foreign News Report) Although the United States and Argentina have announced their withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), the WHO said today that it still maintains good cooperation with the United States and U.S. agencies in responding to the deadly hantavirus epidemic, and also thanked the Argentine government for its cooperation. Agence France-Presse reported that the hantavirus outbreak occurred on the cruise ship MV Hondius in the Atlantic Ocean. The outbreak was only confirmed last weekend. Many countries are currently working to monitor passengers who had left the cruise ship and returned home before then. It is reported that many passengers have returned to the United States, which has announced its withdrawal from the WHO under President Donald Trump. WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the two sides continue to exchange technical information. He told reporters at the WHO headquarters in Geneva: “The current situation is actually the same as in the past, that is to say, we share information here and obtain information from the United States.” Argentina is one of the core countries of this crisis. The Hondias sailed from the country on April 1, and the first case of the epidemic is believed to be infected in Argentina, and Argentina has also announced its withdrawal from the WHO. Tedros said today that the WHO “is cooperating with the Argentine health authorities.” The “Andes strain” circulating there is the only hantavirus strain known to be transmitted from person to person, and it is also the culprit of this epidemic. “I would like to thank the Argentine government for its cooperation based on their experience and expertise with the Andes strain,” Tedros said. He added that the WHO had “arranged to ship 2,500 test kits from Argentina to laboratories in five countries.” According to Tedros told reporters in Geneva, a total of 5 confirmed and 3 suspected cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported so far. He also said that more cases may emerge, and the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands announced later that another patient had tested positive. Abdi Rahman Mahamud, director of the WHO’s Emergency Alert and Response Unit, said: “We believe that if public health measures are implemented and countries work together, this will be a contained epidemic.” People believed to be infected with the virus are being treated or quarantined in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and South Africa. Maria Van Kerkhove, Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Management, WHO Kerkhove) also emphasized: “This is not the beginning of an epidemic, nor is it the beginning of a pandemic. This is not COVID.” (Compiled by: Yang Zhaoyan) 1150508 supports Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a force to protect press freedom. Small-scale sponsorship downloads the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.



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