The vessel docks in the Netherlands on Monday (18), where the crew and members of the medical team will disembark.
A World Health Organization (OMS) kept this Sunday (17) the “low risk” assessment in relation to the Hantavirus contaminations detected on the Hondius cruise. The vessel, which aroused global concern after the outbreak of the disease, should dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Monday (18) from 5am (Brasília time).
There they will disembark 27 people who remain on board: 25 crew members and two medical team members.
“The risk to public health has been re-evaluated in light of the most recent information available, and the global risk remains low“, announced the WHO in a bulletin.
The WHO added that “although other cases may continue to arise among passengers and crew members“, o risk of transmission “should decrease after disembarkation and application of control measures”.
The outbreak of hantavirus, a rare virus for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment, caused three deaths and forced authorities in around twenty countries to keep suspected cases and their contacts under surveillance. According to the WHO, contagion between humans requires very close contact.
