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AMSTERDAM: Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by \u200ca hantavirus outbreak before it got marooned off the coast of Cape Verde, to prevent further spread of the disease.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three people \u2013 a Dutch couple and a German national \u2013 died in the outbreak on the MV Hondius. Eight people, including a Swiss citizen, are suspected to have contracted the virus, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dutch government has said around 40 \u200bpassengers had disembarked the ship in Santa Helena, where the ship made a stop on its way to Cape Verde, before the \u200boutbreak was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTACT TRACING<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The whereabouts of many of these passengers is as yet unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of those to disembark was \u2060the wife of the Dutchman who had died aboard the ship on April 11. She fell sick herself and died before she could reach the \u200bNetherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutch airline KLM on Wednesday said it had taken the woman off a plane in Johannesburg on April 25 due to her deteriorating medical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to \u200bbroadcaster RTL, a KLM stewardess who had been in contact with her has now been admitted to a hospital in Amsterdam after showing possible symptoms of a hantavirus infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dutch health ministry did not mention her job or who she may have been in contact with, but did confirm that a Dutch woman has been admitted to hospital and \u200bwill be tested to determine whether she is infected with the hantavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for KLM said the company could not \u201cdiscuss individual cases\u201d due to \u200bprivacy concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTAGION REQUIRES VERY CLOSE CONTACT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The virus found in the victims has been confirmed as the Andean strain, which can spread among humans through very close contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts have stressed \u200cthat contagion \u2060is very rare and requires very close contact, but the outbreak has put health authorities on high alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States\u2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it was closely monitoring the situation with U.S. travellers on board the ship, adding that the risk to the American public was extremely low at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One French citizen has been in contact with a person who had fallen ill but was not currently showing symptoms, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argentina\u2019s health ministry has said it \u200bwill carry out rodent trapping and \u2060analysis in the southern city of Ushuaia, the origin point of the cruise ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHIP HEADS FOR SPAIN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The MV Hondius, with nearly 150 people on board, headed for Spain late on Wednesday and is expected to dock in Spain\u2019s Tenerife, \u200bin the Canary Islands, on Sunday, the EU\u2019s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is still no one showing \u200bany hantavirus symptoms \u2060on the ship, the ECDC, which is part of the medical team onboard the Hondius, said, adding that it was working with Spanish authorities to finalise a protocol for disembarkation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once in Tenerife, if they are still healthy, all non-Spanish citizens will be repatriated to their countries, while 14 Spanish passengers will be quarantined in \u2060a military \u200bhospital in Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three patients were evacuated from the ship on Wednesday. One of them has \u200bbeen admitted to a hospital in the Netherlands, while another one was transferred to Germany for medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plane carrying the third patient landed in the Netherlands on Thursday morning, after facing \u200ba delay due to a problem with the patient\u2019s life support system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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