Health officials in several countries are expanding quarantine and monitoring measures after additional passengers from a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak tested positive or developed symptoms, as governments continue repatriation operations from the Canary Islands.
A French woman hospitalized in Paris tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said in a May 11 interview with France Inter.
Rist said the patient had been transferred to a specialized infectious diseases hospital equipped with high-protection isolation facilities.
“What we know, because this is a known virus, is that when someone deteriorates with this virus, their life prognosis can indeed be at risk,” Rist said. “That may be the case for this person.”…