Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus · Tenerife
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WHO Director-General: Hantavirus Outbreak Not a Pandemic Scenario
- The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reassured the public that a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship does not represent a pandemic scenario like COVID-19. - The outbreak involved three deaths and at least five infections among passengers on the MV Hondius. - WHO emphasized that hantavirus is primarily transmitted through rodent excrement and rarely s…
Hantavirus Cruise Ship to Arrive in Canary Islands; Tedros Assures: 'This is Not Another COVID-19'
- The cruise ship 'Hondius' has an outbreak of Hantavirus, with three passenger deaths and five confirmed cases. - The ship is sailing towards the Canary Islands for passenger evacuation, causing conc…
WHO Chief to Oversee Hantavirus-Infected Cruise Ship Passengers in Tenerife
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has arrived in Tenerife to oversee the response to a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. - Approximately 150 people aboard the Dutch ship MV "Hondiu…
WHO Director-General arrives in Tenerife
- The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has arrived in Tenerife, Spain. - His visit is to assist in managing the evacuation of passengers from a crui…