Overview
- WHO officials, in a Friday update, reported 10 cases tied to the MV Hondius — eight lab-confirmed Andes infections and two probable — after a previously flagged U.S. case was confirmed negative.
- Global labs that sequenced the virus found no changes that increase transmissibility or severity, and WHO continues to rate the risk to the general public as low.
- Six passengers repatriated to Australia on Friday entered a three-week quarantine at Perth’s Centre for National Resilience after testing negative before departure, with further testing on arrival and possible extensions based on the 42-day window.
- U.S. health officials say there are no known cases in the country connected to the ship, while the CDC monitors 41 people across 16 states and keeps recent returnees under observation in Nebraska and Atlanta.
- French authorities confirmed a separate outbreak on the Ambition cruise ship was viral gastroenteritis, likely norovirus, and lifted restrictions after tests showed no link to the Hondius hantavirus cluster.