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A digitally colourised scanning electron micrograph depiction shows numerous filamentous Ebola virus particles in green, budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell in orange. Photo: NIAID via Reuters
Africa

US to screen for Ebola at airports as American worker is infected

US implements airport screenings and suspends visa services following a WHO declaration over the deadly Ebola strain.

Africa

Silent spread of rare and deadly Ebola strain exposes surveillance gaps

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong urged to trigger travel alert to DR Congo, Uganda amid Ebola outbreak

Africa

US citizens in DR Congo potentially exposed to Ebola, report says

CDC escalates its response to the latest deadly outbreak after the WHO declares an international emergency.

A staff member at CBCA Virunga Hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, prepares rooms intended for possible suspected Ebola cases. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong ramps up health checks for travellers from Africa after Ebola outbreak

Move follows WHO declaring outbreak of deadly disease on continent a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.

Hong Kong society

Estate residents step up cleaning after city’s first rat hepatitis case this year

Janitors were seen deep-cleaning public areas at Laguna Verde, where patient reportedly lived, on Sunday.

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DR Congo

Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda declared an international health emergency

The Bundibugyo strain, which killed more than 80 people, has no specific treatments or vaccines.

A man is brought to a hospital following an Ebola outbreak in Bunia, DR Congo’s Ituri province, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Canada

Canadian cruise passenger gets a presumptive positive hantavirus test result

The patient, who was on the MV Hondius where the outbreak began, shows mild symptoms including a fever and headache.

Africa

Congo Ebola outbreak: constant burials as death toll reaches 80

Congo has experience in managing Ebola outbreaks but often faces logistical challenges to get expertise and supplies to affected regions.

Trending in China

China couple diagnosed with rare autoimmune disorder together lost newborn baby

Stricken pair thought to be first in China to fall ill with debilitating condition at same time; disorder may have come from pet hamster.

A young Chinese couple was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder a year after their wedding. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
The Netherlands

France, Netherlands say all hantavirus contact cases negative

Globally three people have died, six are confirmed to have hantavirus, and there is one probable case.

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Reporters stand in front of the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: AP
France

France lifts cruise lockdown after outbreak scare, as stomach bug blamed

Authorities rule out a link to the deadly hantavirus as asymptomatic passengers are cleared to disembark in Bordeaux.

Trending in China

China farmer has stroke selling 4,000kg of apples; hospital staff clear stock in 19 hours

44-year-old fruit farmer suffers brain attack which leaves him in need of long-term rehabilitation; Good Samaritans clear produce before it rots.

Hantavirus

Argentine city tries to shrug off hantavirus ship ‘patient zero’ suspicions

The search for answers about the MV Hondius outbreak has pointed towards Ushuaia and a huge landfill site.

Ushuaia, Argentina’s city 'at the end of the world'. Photo: AP
Hantavirus

French hantavirus patient ‘critical on artificial lung’ as ship cases grow

Doctor in Paris describes MV Hondius passenger as having ‘the final stage of supportive care’.

People in protective suits walk towards the MV Hondius on the island of Tenerife, Spain’s Canary Islands on May 11. Photo: AFP
World Health Organization (WHO)

Spain reports new hantavirus case as outbreak grows to 11

World Health Organization chief says there is currently ‘no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak’.

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Trending in China

China parents have baby to collect umbilical cord blood to save sick daughter

Girl from poor family with debilitating illness weighs about half that of a healthy teenager; family thank kind strangers for cash donations.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Editorial | Hong Kong is treating hantavirus outbreak with reasonable caution

The city and other communities should resist the urge to overreact and instead focus on hygiene and other proven best practices.

A passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius is transferred by boat after disembarking at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain on May 10. Photo: Reuters
Hantavirus

More passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship test positive

Two passengers, French and American, test positive as governments take extensive precautions for evacuees.

Britain

UK paratroopers jump onto remote Atlantic island for hantavirus mission

UK forces carry out first-ever deployment of medical personnel via parachute to reach isolated Tristan da Cunha.

France

French evacuee from hantavirus-hit ship shows ‘symptoms’, PM says

All five passengers flown back to France have been placed in strict isolation until further notice.

Ambulances transporting French national passengers of the MV Hondius arrive at the Bichat hospital in Paris on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

Malaysia tightens border screenings to prevent hantavirus entry

The health minister said over 20,000 vessels, especially those arriving from high-risk areas, were inspected at Malaysia’s entry points.

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The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at the port of Granadilla de Abona, Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, to commence evacuation of passengers on Sunday. Photo: AFP
United States

Norovirus outbreak on Caribbean Princess cruise ship sickens over 100 guests

The company has increased cleaning and disinfection on the vessel carrying more than 4,000 people to the Bahamas.

Spain

Hantavirus-hit cruise passengers evacuate from Spanish port with WHO aid

About 150 people will be flown home as the MV Hondius arrived near the port of Granadilla in Tenerife.

Wealth: Healthcare

Unlocking your genetic code: the potential health benefits of DNA sequencing

Genome sequencing analysis helps identify potential risks and facilitate ‘precision living’ to minimise those risks.

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A lab technician prepares DNA samples for analysis at US company Complete Genomics. Photo: AP
Britain

Hantavirus outbreak: UK to isolate cruise ship passengers in ex-Covid hospital

There are around 24 British passengers and crew, as well as two people from Ireland, on board the MV Hondius.

Passengers on the MV Hondius, scan the horizon with binoculars during their voyage to Spain’s port of Tenerife on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Singapore

Singapore pair test negative for hantavirus after cruise ship outbreak

The men, aged 65 and 67, were on board the virus-hit MV Hondius last month and remain in a 30-day quarantine as a precaution.

Hantavirus

‘Almost zero’ chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Argentina’s Ushuaia: official

The patient and his wife, both MV Hondius passengers who died of the disease, were in the city only a few days before showing symptoms.

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