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WHO declares MV Hondius cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over, as final person leaves quarantine

The outbreak linked to the polar cruise ship caused 13 cases and three deaths, prompting international monitoring across 33 countries and territories

French Health Minister: It is not certain whether the hantavirus strain has mutated

“We do not yet have the full sequencing of the virus, which would allow us to say with certainty that the virus has not yet mutated,” said Stéphanie Rist

Theodoros Vasilakopoulos: Hantavirus is extremely difficult to transmit, why the 70-year-old was placed in 45-day quarantine

Why the 70-year-old is in quarantine – What his health condition is

Dumpsite in Argentina is being considered as a possible outbreak of the Hantavirus that spread to the MV Hondius

Authorities are investigating how the virus was transmitted to cruise ship passengers, and there is concern about the Andean strain that is also transmitted between humans

From luxury cruise to public-health thriller: What happened aboard the MV Hondius before and after the hantavirus outbreak

A video shows the captain announcing the death of a passenger “from natural causes” - The cruise ship remains under quarantine while WHO specialists investigate how the “Andes strain” was transmitted

“Andean strain” of hantavirus found in two cases on MV Hondius, reactions in the Canary Islands over its docking

The Andean strain is the only one known to be transmissible from human to human; however, this occurs rarely and only in cases of very close contact. The ship is expected to dock in Tenerife

Seven hantavirus cases detected on the cruise ship Hondius – which individuals the WHO is tracing

Two are confirmed and five suspected, according to the World Health Organization - Three passengers have died