Three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC.
One case has been confirmed, with five suspected cases under investigation, it said. One British national aged 69 is in intensive care in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Hantavirus is usually passed to humans from rodents via their urine or faeces. It can cause severe respiratory illness. Rarely, it can be transmitted between people.
I’ve never not gotten sick on a cruise ship.
How many cruise ships have you gotten on?
Three. Fool me once, yadda yadda.
But I’ve got family that love them, so it’s periodically “if you want to hang out with your nieces then you’re doing it on a big boat headed to Cozumel”
Stop licking all the door knobs then. I was fine on my last one, they even provided hand sanitizer before eating which was nice.
That’s the worst apéritif I’ve ever heard of.
Hantavirus comes from mouse or rat shit in the food.
Norovirus comes from human shit in the food.
Purell will not cleans your sins.
Someone with norovirus shitty hands opens a door, smearing poop viruses on the handle. You open the door and go to get something to eat. Should you clean your hands before eating?
Doesn’t make you immune but basic hygiene helps reduce the chance of catching something.
These stories have appeared almost every year of my life
It used to be legionnaires disease
Norovirus is very common, three days of coming out both ends.
There were COVID cruises. But diseases on ships goes back hundreds of years.
Did it try to conquer Gaul?