Oh, no. More cruise ship members are testing positive for hantavirus!
On Monday, Spain’s Ministry of Health announced that a Spanish national who was evacuated from MV Hondius earlier this month has tested positive for the deadly disease. The patient was one of 14 other Spaniards who were on the ship, per Reuters. After they were evacuated, they were all flown to Madrid to quarantine, according to CNN.
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The patient who just tested positive was at the Gómez Ulla Central Defense Hospital and has been moved to the High Level Isolation Unit (UATAN), the Spanish Ministry of Health said on X (Twitter).
Apparently, the male patient who has tested positive had close contact with someone infected, which was determined after authorities began investigating the outbreak, they explained:
“The affected person had been under clinical surveillance and isolation since their admission, in accordance with the protocols established by the Early Warning and Rapid Response System (SIAPR).”
The new positive case was detected during regular checks on the passengers. There is no increased risk to the public at this time.
This marks the second person from Spain to be diagnosed with hantavirus from the ship. In total, there are 11 confirmed cases and 2 probable cases stemming from this now-infamous expedition, per European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control data.
The first person with hantavirus on the ship began showing symptoms on April 6. We’re nearly two months out, and passengers are still testing positive?? Scary! Hopefully, quarantine efforts have helped to mitigate the spread… but not everyone’s in a fancy quarantine unit. It can take up to 8 weeks for symptoms to start to show. Fingers crossed nobody else gets sick!
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