Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak: 5 French Repatriated, One Shows Symptoms on Plane
The French Prime Minister announced that one of the five French citizens repatriated from a cruise ship after a deadly hantavirus outbreak showed symptoms of the disease on the flight back to France. All five are under strict quarantine and receiving treatment and testing. The government plans to issue a decree authorizing these quarantine measures for public safety.
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(Central News Agency, Paris, 10th comprehensive foreign report) French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stated that one of the five French citizens evacuated from a cruise ship where a deadly hantavirus outbreak occurred and repatriated to France today by plane showed symptoms of the disease.
According to Agence France-Presse, Lecornu stated on social media platform X: "One of them showed symptoms on the repatriation flight." He pointed out that strict quarantine measures have been immediately implemented for these five people.
He noted: "They are receiving treatment and will undergo testing and health checks."
Lecornu said he would issue a decree later tonight authorizing the implementation of relevant quarantine measures to ensure public safety.
AFP reporters witnessed the jet carrying the five evacuated cruise ship passengers landing at Le Bourget Airport in northern Paris before 4:30 PM local time. Subsequently, five ambulances escorting them proceeded to Bichat Hospital in Paris under police escort.
A special plane carrying 14 Spanish nationals evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship arrived earlier in Madrid.
These passengers and crew evacuated from Tenerife Island arrived at Torrejon airbase and will be quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid.
Subsequently, repatriation flights from the UK, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States will evacuate nationals from these countries from the cruise ship on Tenerife Island.
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that all personnel evacuated from the MV Hondius are classified as "high-risk" contacts and require 42 days of medical surveillance.
Three passengers, including a Dutch couple and a German woman, have died, and others have been infected with the disease, which is mostly transmitted among rodents.
The confirmation of the Andes strain, the only hantavirus type capable of human-to-human transmission, among confirmed cases in this outbreak has heightened international concerns. The incubation period for the virus can be up to six weeks.
However, WHO officials emphasized that in terms of risk, this outbreak is not comparable to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. (Compiler: He Hongru) 1150511
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(Central News Agency, Paris, 10th comprehensive foreign report) French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu stated that one of the five French citizens evacuated from a cruise ship where a deadly hantavirus outbreak occurred and repatriated to France today by plane showed symptoms of the disease.
According to Agence France-Presse, Lecornu stated on social media platform X: "One of them showed symptoms on the repatriation flight." He pointed out that strict quarantine measures have been immediately implemented for these five people.
He noted: "They are receiving treatment and will undergo testing and health checks."
Lecornu said he would issue a decree later tonight authorizing the implementation of relevant quarantine measures to ensure public safety.
AFP reporters witnessed the jet carrying the five evacuated cruise ship passengers landing at Le Bourget Airport in northern Paris before 4:30 PM local time. Subsequently, five ambulances escorting them proceeded to Bichat Hospital in Paris under police escort.
A special plane carrying 14 Spanish nationals evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship arrived earlier in Madrid.
These passengers and crew evacuated from Tenerife Island arrived at Torrejon airbase and will be quarantined in a military hospital in Madrid.
Subsequently, repatriation flights from the UK, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States will evacuate nationals from these countries from the cruise ship on Tenerife Island.
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that all personnel evacuated from the MV Hondius are classified as "high-risk" contacts and require 42 days of medical surveillance.
Three passengers, including a Dutch couple and a German woman, have died, and others have been infected with the disease, which is mostly transmitted among rodents.
The confirmation of the Andes strain, the only hantavirus type capable of human-to-human transmission, among confirmed cases in this outbreak has heightened international concerns. The incubation period for the virus can be up to six weeks.
However, WHO officials emphasized that in terms of risk, this outbreak is not comparable to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. (Compiler: He Hongru) 1150511
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