Three people have died on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, the WHO said Sunday, one a confirmed case of hantavirus – an illness usually transmitted to humans from rodents. The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cabo Verde, formerly known as Cape Verde. “To date, one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory confirmed, and there are five additional suspected cases,” the WHO told Agence France-Presse. “Of the six affected individuals, three have died...
The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation.
Surveillance was carried out across 22 villages within a 10 km radius, covering a population of 28,172. Multiple rounds of field visits and sanitation measures were undertaken during the 10-day period in accordance with protocol.
The first local case of dengue fever recorded for the first time in more than a year in Hong Kong indicates that undiagnosed imported cases could lead to an outbreak in the coming months, a health official has warned, while stressing that the risk was preventable. The warning by Albert Au Ka-wing, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch, came after one case was recorded in Tai Po last Thursday, in a patient with no travel history. “The first local dengue fever case...
Preventive measures have been intensified after H5N1 was confirmed in ward 16 of Udayanapuram grama panchayat in Vaikom taluk