FRIDAY, 08 MAY 2026, 20:22
Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid’s early days.
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About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.
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The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
The origin of the outbreak is still unknown, with the World Health Organisation saying investigations are “still under way”.
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Global health officials are tracking people connected to a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. One infected passenger had briefly boarded a flight from South Africa to the Netherlands before she died.
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Some passengers potentially exposed to hantavirus have already taken flights to numerous countries.
The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.
A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.
Rapper Professor Green, real name Stephen Manderson, has long been open about his mental health difficulties and has joined up with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy which reports seven in 10 men don’t seek support until they hit crisis point.
The Andes strain of the virus has been confirmed in two passengers who were taken to South Africa, according to the country’s health minister
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the situation is “very serious and deeply stressful” for those involved.
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