Dr. Marc Siegel separates hantavirus fear from facts after the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak involving the rare Andes strain in Argentina.
DR MARC SIEGEL: Hantavirus cruise outbreak is alarming but fear is spreading faster than facts
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Mon 00:12 - Fox News
Cruise ship outbreak leaves 3 dead as officials delay medical evacuations and probe hantavirus threat
Tue 09:07 - France 24
Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150 on cruise ship
Tue 19:54 - The Telegraph
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Tue 21:54 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'
Tue 22:11 - NYT Europe
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Wed 03:19 - Al Jazeera English
Spain agrees to let hantavirus-hit cruise ship dock in Canary Islands
Wed 08:42 - Euronews
'We don't know what we're dealing with': Canary Islands reject hantavirus cruise ship
Wed 09:40 - France 24
Evacuation of three people from hantavirus-hit cruise ship 'ongoing': WHO
Wed 10:04 - France 24
Live: Hantavirus-infected patient hospitalised in Zurich as three more 'evacuated' from cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW All
Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship
Wed 10:11 - DW All
Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'
Wed 10:11 - DW Top
Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public 'very low'
Wed 10:14 - France 24
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain to dock in Canary Islands
Wed 11:45 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Top
Medicine: The most important questions and answers about the hantavirus
Wed 11:46 - France 24
Hantavirus: Latest updates on the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius
Wed 12:00 - UN News All
Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease
Wed 12:05 - Fox News
Swiss man tests positive for hantavirus after returning from cruise linked to deadly outbreak
Wed 13:42 - Fox News
Doctor warns 'terrifying' cruise virus can be mistaken for flu before turning deadly
Wed 15:22 - France 24
3 patients are being evacuated to Europe from ship with hantavirus outbreak
Wed 16:24 - Financial Times
Spain to repatriate 150 passengers from cruise hit by rat-borne virus
Wed 16:52 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, the Ministry of Health alerts border offices
Wed 16:56 - Le Monde
Hantavirus: many unknowns around an “unprecedented and worrying” health event; the WHO wants to reassure about the pandemic risk
Wed 17:01 - Fox News
Argentina investigators zero in on possible origin point of hantavirus in deadly cruise outbreak
Wed 21:38 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th
Wed 21:38 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, evacuation of passengers from outbreak ship will begin on May 11th
Wed 21:43 - Sky News (UK)
British ex-police officer evacuated from cruise ship isolating in hospital with hantavirus
Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera English
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Wed 22:12 - Al Jazeera
Argentina investigates link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
Thu 00:20 - NYT Europe
Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in United States
Thu 02:33 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, the dead Dutch spouses had traveled between Chile, Uruguay and Argentina
Thu 03:55 - BBC Europe
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated
Thu 04:35 - BBC Headlines
Two Britons self-isolating in UK after leaving hantavirus cruise ship early
Thu 05:43 - NRK (NO)
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Thu 07:09 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: the ship heading to the Canaries, “For now, the risk for the rest of the world is low”
Thu 08:15 - Aftenposten (NO)
Flight attendant in hospital with possible hantavirus infection
Thu 08:37 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: a flight attendant hospitalized in the Netherlands after a risky contact
Thu 09:31 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'
Thu 09:31 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, 'test for KLM flight attendant, he has mild symptoms'
Thu 09:36 - France 24
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Spain's Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
Thu 09:38 - France 24
Argentina probes link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise
Thu 09:39 - France 24
What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak
Thu 10:08 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: “No one has symptoms on board anymore”
Thu 10:11 - Die Welt
More guests than expected left the Hantavirus ship - flight attendant in hospital with symptoms
Thu 10:30 - DW All
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship
Thu 10:30 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no sympomatic guests on ship
Thu 10:31 - ANSA Top News
Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'
Thu 10:36 - ANSA Mondo
Operator, 'no individuals with hantavirus symptoms on the cruise'
Thu 10:58 - Die Zeit Newsfeed
Hantavirus: At least 29 passengers left the “MS Hondius” after the virus outbreak
Thu 10:58 - El Pais
Breaking news on the Hantavirus outbreak, live | The cruise company raises to 30 the number of passengers on the ship who got off before the outbreak was detected
Thu 11:00 - HLN (BE)
Now that a flight attendant is also in hospital quarantine: is hantavirus more contagious than thought? Virologist Marc Van Ranst explains
Thu 11:03 - DW All
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship
Thu 11:03 - DW Top
Hantavirus: Cruise company says no symptomatic guests on ship
Thu 11:03 - DW All
Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low
Thu 11:03 - DW Top
Hantavirus: WHO assesses public health risk as low
Thu 12:00 - UN News Global
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says
Thu 12:00 - UN News All
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says
Thu 13:41 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus, the ship bound for the Canary Islands. 'All the infected have already disembarked'
Thu 13:54 - Euronews
Deadly hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship - everything you need to know in under 3 minutes
Thu 14:12 - Euronews
EU steps up coordination on hantavirus but insists risks for citizens are 'low'
Thu 15:00 - Euronews
Tenerife locals 'concerned but calm' as hantavirus-hit cruise ship approaches
Thu 16:53 - ANSA Mondo
Chile excludes that the MV Hondius hantavirus infection occurred in the country
Thu 21:25 - Al Jazeera English
Tenerife resort town awaits hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Fri 03:30 - El Pais
Unprecedented anchoring in Tenerife, boats and negotiations with 22 countries: the difficult return home for the passengers of the hantavirus cruise
Fri 06:03 - BBC Headlines
Third British national has suspected hantavirus infection, government says
Fri 09:08 - Al Jazeera English
UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island