Flight Attendant Hospitalized As Hantavirus Testing Starts In Singapore
Summary
A Dutch flight attendant has been hospitalized in Amsterdam with possible hantavirus after contact with an infected passenger from a cruise ship. In Singapore, two people who were on the same cruise ship are being isolated and tested for the virus, but the risk to the public there is low.Key Facts
- A Dutch flight attendant showed symptoms and was hospitalized in Amsterdam.
- The flight attendant had contact with a Dutch woman infected with hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- The infected woman was removed from the flight due to her health and later died in Johannesburg.
- The hospitalized flight attendant is isolated and tested for hantavirus, showing mild symptoms.
- Two Singapore residents from the same cruise ship are isolated and tested at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.
- One Singapore resident has a runny nose, the other shows no symptoms.
- Singapore's health agency says the public risk there is currently low.
- Testing and monitoring for hantavirus are ongoing in both countries.
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