'This is not Covid': France takes strict measures to contain cruise ship virus
Summary
France has reported its first hantavirus case and has taken strict health measures to contain the virus. Five passengers from the cruise ship HV Hondius are isolated, but the virus has not spread beyond the ship.Key Facts
- France confirmed its first case of hantavirus, a virus usually spread by rodents.
- The infected person and four other passengers from the HV Hondius cruise ship are isolated at Paris's Bichat hospital.
- French health authorities are following World Health Organization guidance closely.
- No hantavirus cases have been confirmed in people who were not on the cruise ship.
- The virus has not spread beyond the cruise ship, but long incubation periods make it hard to be sure.
- The critical date for possible spread from the passengers could be May 19.
- French media emphasize that this outbreak is not Covid-19 and stress coordinated public health efforts.
- Elsewhere in the article, British politics and the Cannes Film Festival are mentioned but are not related to the hantavirus story.
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