Top WHO official discusses hantavirus outbreak, recommendations for cruise ship passengers

Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads the WHO's epidemic & pandemic management, details repatriation flights for passengers disembarking from a hantavirus-hit cruise vessel docked successful Tenerife, Spain.

Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO official, clarifies plans for passengers disembarking from a hantavirus-hit cruise vessel successful Tenerife, Spain. She explains the careful, step-by-step repatriation process, including aesculapian assessments, dedicated flights and a mandatory 42-day progressive follow-up play successful their location countries. Kerkhove emphasizes this is not COVID-19 and the hazard to the wide nationalist is low, portion expressing anticipation for continued U.S. information successful WHO's planetary wellness efforts.