ABC - LIVE Updates - Hantavirus

One American tests positive for hantavirus. The individual does not have any symptoms and was separated from other passengers during the flight through biocontainment measures. Another individual is symptomatic and is also traveling in the aircraft's biocontainment units "out of an abundance of caution" . . .

Statement from the International Hantavirus Society and members of the international hantavirus research and clinical community regarding the current Andes virus outbreak investigation

This statement summarizes current scientific evidence regarding Andes virus (ANDV) transmission dynamics, including documented person-to-person transmission, outbreak epidemiology, infection control considerations and implications for public health management during the ongoing cruise ship outbreak investigation in the South Atlantic.

French passenger of hantavirus cruise ship starts showing symptoms on evacuation flight, prime minister says

Authorities confirmed that one of the French repatriated passengers had begun showing symptoms during a flight back to France. Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia said all passengers had undergone medical screening before disembarkation and remained asymptomatic at the time of evacuation.

CDC declares ‘Level 3′ emergency response to hantavirus outbreak

17 Americans will be flown to Nebraska on a charter flight to quarantine at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine, officials said Friday.

Complete sequence of Orthohantavirus andesense virus: Swiss resident 2026

On 5 May 2026, the Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Viral Infections (Geneva University Hospitals) confirmed a case of Andes strain in a Swiss resident who had travelled on the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Hantavirus explained: What to know after the cruise ship outbreak

Humans can contract the disease when they come into contact with infected rodents or their saliva, urine, and droppings . . . a rare type of hantavirus, called the Andes virus, may be responsible as it may rarely spread from person to person.

3 patients evacuated from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak, new case confirmed in Switzerland

. . . the patient got off during its stop in St. Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was not immediately clear when that was or how he was returned to Switzerland . . . The WHO said in a social media post that the man responded to “an email from the ship’s operator informing the passengers of the health event” and went to the hospital.

WHO - Disease Outbreak News (DON) - Situation Report - Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say