At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality

At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality

Authorities around the world are racing to trace dozens of passengers who disembarked from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak before isolation measures were implemented.

It emerged for the first time on Thursday that at least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality, prompting a scramble to identify and track their movements since then.

However, the World Health Organization ruled out any Covid-scale crisis. “This is not the start of an epidemic. This is not the start of a pandemic. This is not Covid,” Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the agency’s director for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, told reporters.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    21 days ago

    If that sounds bad, wait till you hear about its incubation period…

    Given the incubation period of the Andes virus, which can be up to six weeks, it’s possible that more cases may be reported,” the organisation’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a news conference. “While this is a serious incident, WHO assesses the public health risk low.”

    Six weeks is nuts, and it’s highly unlikely they got it that day…

    If they got off and continued vacation for a week then flew home, they could be on some 12 monkeys type shit. Especially since everyone has known for decades cruise ships are breeding grounds for shit like this. Which removes most of the people who care from the population, meaning transmission rates on a cruise ship will consistently beat predictions, even if they’re updated after every event.

    At least one of these assholes is running around not washing their hands after they poop, it’s everywhere now…

    • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      and even if these slap nuts don’t wash their hands after shitting isn’t the transmission from human to human still really low? I mean I always assumed the hentavirus was transmitted purely from being in direct contact with mouse/rat piss or you got bit by one.

      • bcgm3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        20 days ago

        I mean I always assumed the hentavirus was transmitted purely from being in direct contact with mouse/rat piss or you got bit by one.

        I believe that is usually the case for hentavirus, but this “Andes” strain is an exception:

        The Andes hantavirus can spread among humans through very close contact, but is less contagious than Covid. There are no vaccines.