Maria Van Kerkhove
Coverage of Maria Van Kerkhove in the Nexus archive.
- Top WHO official warns cruise passengers are ‘high-risk contacts’ as Americans return from hantavirus ship
A World Health Organization official warns that passengers on a hantavirus-hit cruise ship should be treated as high-risk contacts. Three people have died from the outbreak and Americans are returning home. The WHO is requiring a multi-country response to prevent further spread.
- Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from the COVID-19 pandemic
The hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has resulted in three deaths and several illnesses, but health authorities do not anticipate it becoming a global pandemic like COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging cross-border collaboration to trace and contain the spread. The virus has a fatality rate of up to 50% in the Americas.
- Rare hantavirus human-to-human transmission suspected on luxury cruise ship where 3 have died
A rare hantavirus outbreak on a luxury cruise ship has resulted in three deaths and several others sickened, with suspected human-to-human transmission. The World Health Organization is investigating the outbreak, which occurred on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius. The ship is currently off the coast of Cape Verde.