Overview
- WHO’s report Wednesday put the tally at 11 cases tied to the cruise ship MV Hondius, including eight confirmed, two probable and one under review, with three deaths.
- ECDC experts said current data show no mutation making the virus more transmissible and that the pathogen is behaving as expected for Andes hantavirus.
- Italy reported all suspected cases have tested negative at the Spallanzani and Sacco reference labs, while France hospitalized and is closely monitoring 22 identified contacts.
- French authorities ended the quarantine on the cruise ship Ambition in Bordeaux Thursday after tests pointed to a routine gastroenteritis unrelated to hantavirus.
- Because incubation can run about six weeks, health services continue contact tracing, isolation and repeat testing into early June to catch any late-onset cases.