A French woman who was evacuated from the MV Hondius and repatriated to Paris on Sunday tested positive for the virus and her health is deteriorating, French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said Monday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said Sunday night that one of the 17 passengers being repatriated to the United States had tested “mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus” and another had developed “mild symptoms.”
Upon arrival at the facilities, “each individual will undergo clinical assessment and receive appropriate care and support based on their condition.”
Passengers aboard the MV Hondius began disembarking Sunday after the ship arrived in Spain's Canary Islands, with personnel in full protective suits and breathing masks pictured escorting passengers.
The Dutch-flagged cruise ship is expected to sail to the Netherlands carrying part of the passengers’ luggage for disinfection, as well as the body of one of the three deceased passengers.
A Dutch flight carrying 26 passengers from the MV Hondius landed Sunday evening at Eindhoven Airport. Dutch nationals are expected to be isolated at home for six weeks, while foreign passengers remaining in the Netherlands will be quarantined by municipal health authorities.
The U.K. government also repatriated a Japanese passenger at the request of the Japanese government, and a German national who is a U.K. resident.
What is hantavirus—and how is the CDC dealing with the outbreak?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rare virus is typically transmitted through contact with infected rodents or their excretions.
The outbreak aboard the MV Hondius began after the vessel departed Argentina, with two Dutch people and a German national dying onboard.
CDC acting director Jay Bhattacharya has also emphasized that this is “not going to lead to the kind of outbreak” people saw during the COVID pandemic.
Bhattacharya confirmed that the CDC will interview the returning U.S. passengers and “assess them for risk.” Further action will be decided upon once assessments are complete.
Meanwhile, Ghebreyesus has insisted that the hantavirus outbreak underscores the importance of the WHO in managing international health threats “because viruses don’t care about our policies, viruses don’t care about our borders.”
Asked Saturday whether the outbreak would make him reconsider the U.S. withdrawal from the organization, Trump responded: “No, we seem to have things under very good control.”
“They know that virus very well. It's been around a long time, not easily transferable, unlike covid, but we'll see,” the President added. “We're studying it very close. We have very good people studying it very closely.”
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