Overview
- WHO’s latest update, published Wednesday, lists 11 cases tied to the cruise, including three deaths, with eight lab-confirmed as the Andes strain that can spread between people.
- ECDC says genome sequences from patients are near-identical and show no sign of a mutation that would change how the virus behaves.
- Evidence points to limited person-to-person spread on board, and investigators are probing an initial exposure on land before embarkation in Argentina or Chile.
- All passengers and crew have been evacuated and are under quarantine for 42 days, and the U.S. CDC says it is monitoring 41 people who may have been exposed, including repatriated travelers and flight contacts.
- A separate cruise in Bordeaux confined about 1,700 people after roughly 50 gastrointestinal illnesses and one death, with early tests ruling out hantavirus and local teams examining foodborne causes.