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Hantavirus latest as new cases suspected from Spain to Singapore – and on remote Atlantic island

The Independent·Independent Reporters·24 days ago
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Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle WHO reacts to fears of a COVID-style hantavirus pandemic A new suspected hantavirus case has been identified in a British man on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, who was a passenger on the MV Hondius cruise ship. In Spain , a woman in Alicante is showing symptoms consistent with hantavirus, having been on the same flight as a patient who died in Johannesburg after contracting the virus on the MV Hondius. Spanish health authorities are tracing contacts of the woman, who is currently isolated in hospital with symptoms including coughing and general malaise. Two Singapore residents, both former passengers of the MV Hondius, are also being tested for hantavirus and are isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.…

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