WHO says hantavirus risk low after flight attendant tests negative

(Photo by Christopher BLACK / World Health Organization / AFP) The World Health Organisation insisted Friday that there is a minimal risk from the hantavirus to the general public The World Health Organisation insisted Friday that there is a minimal risk from the hantavirus to the general public, as countries prepared to repatriate passengers stuck on a cruise...

• (Photo by Christopher BLACK / World Health Organization / AFP) The World Health Organisation insisted Friday that there is a minimal risk from the hantavirus to the general public The World Health Organisation insisted Friday that there is a minimal risk from the hantavirus to the general public, as countries prepared to repatriate passengers stuck on a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak.
• Three passengers from the MV Hondius — a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman — have died while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents.The only hantavirus species which can transmit from person to person — Andes virus — has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern.
• The Dutch-flagged vessel, which has around 150 people on board, is expected to arrive in the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife on Sunday.