First suspected ‘generation three’ hantavirus case as Italian who ‘sat alongside’ woman on Dutch KLM flight before she died develops symptoms – amid fears virus has MUTATED

The first suspected ‘generation-three’ hantavirus case has emerged, potentially signifying the first stage of a much wider outbreak of the deadly rat-borne disease. Samples from a quarantined Italian man have been sent to an infectious diseases hospital for testing after …

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Hantavirus: Canary Islands objects to docking of cruise ship;Spain has given the green light for the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak to dock on the island of Tenerife. However, officials in the Canary Islands have objected to the move.

A hantavirus-hit cruise ship has been anchored off Cape Verde and is now preparing to head to Spain rather than remain there. Spanish authorities said Tuesday the vessel would be received in the Canary Islands within three to four days. …

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