“the Dutch passenger — the wife of the first person to die in the outbreak — who was briefly on a Netherlands-bound plane from Johannesburg on April 25, but was removed before take-off.”

“A flight attendant from KLM who came into contact with the same infected passenger and later showed mild symptoms has tested negative, the WHO said Friday.”

“Three passengers aboard the Hondius cruise ship died after contracting what experts have identified as the Andes strain of the hantavirus”

“Another suspected case of the virus was identified in a British national on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha on Friday.”

“The Hondius made a stop at the remote island on April 15.”

“Two other British nationals who were on the ship have been confirmed to have the virus and are being treated in hospital in the Netherlands and South Africa.”

“A woman who was transferred to a hospital in the German city of Düsseldorf is showing no signs of a hantavirus infection.”

“two Singaporean residents who were on the MV Hondius have tested negative for the virus.”

“the World Health Organization said that five confirmed infections had been identified among people connected to the MV Hondius.”

“Three people, a Dutch couple and a German national, have died since the cruise ship departed Argentina last month.”

“Chile's Health Ministry has said that two of the deceased hantavirus patients could not have contracted the disease while in the country.”

“The Dutch married couple traveled first to Argentina, then through Chile and Uruguay, before returning to Argentina on March 27 to board the ship on April 1”

“They had entered Chile on January 7.”

“the German Institute for Public Health says the first symptoms usually appear two to four weeks after being infected, or in exceptional cases after as many as 60 days.”

“The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said the incubation period could be up to six weeks.”

“Chile and Argentina are two of the countries that are home to the particular long-tailed pygmy rice rat that is thought to be the source of the Andes virus strain.”

“Chile said its last documented case of human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus was in 2019.”

“The Netherlands' National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has said that it is testing three people showing possible symptoms who had come into contact with a person infected with the Andes strain of the hantavirus on a plane.”

“Two of these test results have come back negative.”

“South Africa is currently monitoring four people who came into contact with one of the hantavirus patients”

“The four individuals were passengers on an Airlink flight from St. Helena to Johannesburg”

“The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has said that a patient thought to have hantavirus, who was flown in on Wednesday, has tested positive.”

“the Radboudumc university hospital in Nijmegen said that a patient it had admitted had also tested positive.”