90-Second Read: WHO says new Hantavirus case among Hondius ship's crew

A member of the MV Hondius cruise ship crew who disembarked in Spain's Canary Islands and was repatriated to the Netherlands was confirmed Friday as a new Hantavirus case, the WHO said. The Andes species is the only strain of Hantavirus known to be able to jump from human-to-human. Spread by rodents, Hantavirus is a rare virus for which no vaccines or specific treatments exist.

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Tedros reiterated that no deaths had been reported since May 2, when the outbreak was first reported to the WHO. Everyone evacuated from the Dutch-flagged ship to the Netherlands is tested every week.

The ship set off April 1 from Ushuaia, Argentina, taking in remote islands in the South Atlantic Ocean before heading north to Cape Verde, then Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. The ship docked in Rotterdam harbor in the Netherlands on Monday, with the skeleton crew facing weeks of quarantine. The Andes virus has been detected in one person who was in quarantine in the Netherlands.