O/T Hantavirus

[Spuddy Speight]

Sounds bad.

Location: The outbreak occurred on the MV Hondius, a vessel travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde.

Victims: Three people have died, including a Dutch couple and a German national.

Affected: A British passenger was medically evacuated to Johannesburg, South Africa, and was treated in intensive care. Another British crew member was also reported to require medical care.

Strain & Transmission: The outbreak is believed to involve the Andes virus strain, which is rare but known to be capable of person-to-person transmission, BBC News reports.

Status: The ship was banned from docking in the Canary Islands, leaving passengers under strict isolation and Oceanwide Expeditions implementing containment measures.


As hantaviruses are carried by rodents, infections in humans tend to occur in places where people and rodents coexist. This is most commonly in rural, agricultural settings. The viruses can also sometimes be found in cleaning sheds, barns and holiday homes where rodents might have nested. More prevalent in South America.

[Spuddy Speight]

Not much take up on info provided?
No Interest? Mmm.
Google bnt162b2 5.3 6 cumulative.
GOV.UK website.

Interested now?

[Brin]

Not much take up on info provided?
No Interest? Mmm.
Google bnt162b2 5.3 6 cumulative.
GOV.UK website.

Interested now?

Thought you'd been invited to slink off to another site for a couple of months? Hasn't your taxi arrived yet

[Spuddy Speight]

Thought you'd been invited to slink off to another site for a couple of months? Hasn't your taxi arrived yet

Not yet. Thought I'd stay around here for a bit longer. 😉

[frogmiller]

Not much take up on info provided?
No Interest? Mmm.
Google bnt162b2 5.3 6 cumulative.
GOV.UK website.

Interested now?

Kin ell Spuddy! You will be saying that the ammount of supporter health incidents in football crowds will have gone down just because people are not taking the Covid vaccines anymore.

[Spuddy Speight]

Kin ell Spuddy! You will be saying that the ammount of supporter health incidents in football crowds will have gone down just because people are not taking the Covid vaccines anymore.

Morning, frogmiller
Quite the opposite. I'm not encouraging people to take the Covid vaccine. It's their choice if they do. I'm looking at this Hantavirus business with a jaundiced eye. Looks dodgy to me. Another distraction perhaps?
Joe Public and his family are more concerned that they are being screwed at the petrol pumps and supermarkets just for starters.