WHO Warns of Potential Hantavirus Spread from Cruise Ship
Kathmandu. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Hantavirus outbreak related to the cruise ship 'MV Hondius' could...
WHO Downplays Risk as Hantavirus Outbreak Hits MV Hondius Cruise Ship
नेदरल्यान्ड्सको झण्डा बोकेको 'एमभी होन्डियस' नामक पानीजहाजमा हान्टाभाइरसको संक्रमण देखिएपछि विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठनले जनस्वास्थ्यमा यसको जोखिम न्यून रहेको बताएको छ। उक्त पानीजहाजमा रहेका तीन जना यात्रुको मृत्यु भइसकेको छ भने जहाज अहिले स्पेनको क्यानरी टापुतर्फ गइरहेको छ। स्पेनी अधिकारीहरूले टेनेरिफ टापुमा सुरक्षा र स्वास्थ्य सतर्कता बढाउँदै जहाज वरिपरि विशेष क्षेत्र निर्धारण गरेका छन्। विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठनका प्रमुख टेड्रोस अधानोम घेब्रेयससले यो संक्रमण कोरोना महामारी जस्तो नभएको भन्दै स्थानीय बासिन्दालाई नआत्तिन आग्रह गर्नुभएको छ।
The World Health Organization has stated that the public health risk from a hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius is minimal. Three passengers have died on the Dutch vessel, which is currently approaching Tenerife in the Canary Islands with over 140 people on board. Spanish authorities have enforced a security exclusion zone around the ship as medical teams prepare for evacuations. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the public not to panic, noting the virus primarily spreads through very close contact.
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Kathmandu. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Hantavirus outbreak related to the cruise ship 'MV Hondius' could...
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MADRID: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of the rare virus, for […]
TENERIFE: The head of the World Health Organization sought Saturday to reassure residents of the Spanish island where passengers of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship are expected to be evacuated, issuing them a direct message that the virus was “not another COVID.” The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, with more than 140 passengers and crew on board, is […]

Spain. The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has urged local citizens not to panic regarding the...

स्पेन । स्पेनको क्यानरी टापुतर्फ गइरहेको ‘हान्टाभाइरस’ प्रभावित पानीजहाजका विषयमा विश्व स्वास्थ्य सङ्गठनका प्रमुख टेड्रोस अधानोम घेब्रेयससले स्थानीय नागरिकलाई नआत्तिन आग्रह गरेका छन् । उनले वर्तमान अवस्था ‘अर्को कोरोना महामारीजस्तो नभएको’ स्पष्ट पार्दै जनस्वास्थ्य जोखिम हाल न्यून रहेको बताए । नेदरल्यान्ड्सको झण्डा बोकेको ‘एमभी होन्डियस’ नामक पानीजहाजमा १ सय ४० भन्दा बढी यात्रु तथा चालकदलका […]
TENERIFE: Spanish authorities have launched a large-scale medical and security operation in Tenerife as the cruise ship MV Hondius, linked to a hantavirus outbreak, approaches Granadilla after nearly a month at sea. The outbreak has killed three passengers among 87 passengers and 60 crew members from 24 countries. A one-nautical-mile exclusion zone has been enforced, […]
KATHMANDU: In a world that has only recently brought the COVID pandemic under control, a new dread regarding the hantavirus is currently spreading. This month, the virus broke out on a massive cruise ship named MV Hondius, becoming a matter of global concern and fear. Three passengers have already died on the Dutch vessel, which […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday the risk to the public of a deadly hantavirus strain in a cruise ship outbreak was minimal, as it spreads only through “very close contact”. An outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is heading to the Spanish island of Tenerife, has sparked international concern. Three passengers […]

KATHMANDU: Health officials across multiple countries are urgently tracking passengers from the MV Hondius, a Dutch expedition ship that left Argentina in late March 2026. By May 8, reports show roughly eight to nine people connected to the voyage have fallen ill, with three confirmed deaths and a mix of laboratory-verified and suspected infections. The […]