GENEVA, May 12 — Seven cases of the Andes hantavirus infections have been confirmed among people on board the cruise ship MV Hondius, said the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Xinhua reported that its Epidemiology and Analytics for Response head Dr Olivier Le Polain, speaking during a live social media conversation on Monday, said that the overall tally of symptomatic cases has reached nine after a French passenger evacuated from the MV Hondius on Sunday tested positive for the virus.
On Saturday, the WHO announced that as of May 8, eight symptomatic cases of the virus have been reported, including three deaths.
Hantavirus is a rodent-borne infection endemic to the Andes in South America and the only known hantavirus capable of limited human-to-human transmission.
