Washington, May 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he expects to receive a message from Iran “tonight” as questions persist over the pace of nuclear negotiations, while also expressing hope that a brief Russia-Ukraine ceasefire could be extended.“I’m getting a letter supposedly tonight. So we’ll see how that goes,” Trump told reporters before boarding Marine One on the White House South Lawn.Pressed on whether Tehran was deliberately slowing the process, he said: “We’ll find…
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Madrid, May 8 (IANS) Spanish Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla said on Friday that the health authorities had taken relevant measures after detecting a suspected case of hantavirus in the eastern city of Alicante.The person travelled several weeks ago on the same flight as one of the infected individuals, Padilla said.He added that the person had developed symptoms compatible with hantavirus infection, although the authorities are still assessing whether the case can be confirmed, Xin…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry has stepped up surveillance measures following a Hantavirus outbreak onboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, with authorities closely monitoring the situation in coordination with national and international health agencies.According to a senior health official cited by NDTV, the ministry, along with the National Centre for Disease Control, the World Health Organisation and other international health authorities, has activated high-level surveillance …
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Hantavirus has a low rate of person‑to‑person spread and is unlikely to reach pandemic scale, and there are no widely reported or officially confirmed deaths in India linked to the current virus outbreak, a report said on Friday.The report from Elara Capital said that the low transmissibility of hantavirus means that even though individual hantavirus infections can be severe, outbreaks tend to be localised and self-limiting.Hantavirus infections remain rare globally, …
The Hague, May 6 (IANS) Dutch cruise operator Oceanwide Expeditions has confirmed that two crew members suspected of having hantavirus will be evacuated to the Netherlands, though no specific timeline has been provided. “The medical evacuation of two individuals currently requiring urgent medical care, and the individual associated with the guest who passed away on May 2, will occur using two specialised aircraft that are en route to Cape Verde,” the company said in a statement late Tuesday (loc…
The Hague, May 5 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed a second case of hantavirus infection identified on a vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, bringing the total number of confirmed cases on board to two, Dutch cruise ship operator Oceanwide Expeditions said in a statement.The newly confirmed case was a Dutch female passenger who died on April 27, the operator said.About 150 people remain on board following the deaths of a Dutch couple and a German national, as well as two crew me…
Geneva, May 4 (IANS) Three people have died following a suspected Hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship on the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The MV Hondius ship, travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde with 150 or so passengers, recorded one confirmed and five suspected cases of the rare but dangerous disease.The WHO said it was monitoring and supporting the public health incident aboard a cruise vessel sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, where a hantavirus ou…
Geneva, May 4 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that it is monitoring and supporting a public health incident aboard a cruise vessel sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, where a hantavirus outbreak has been confirmed, resulting in three deaths and multiple suspected infections.In a post on X, WHO stated: “WHO is aware of and supporting a public health event involving a cruise vessel sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. To date, one case of hantavirus infection has been laboratory c…