Oceanwide Expeditions has announced that its expedition ship Hondius departed Cape Verde at 7:15 p.m. on May 6 (Central European Time).
The ship is sailing toward the Port of Granadilla on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands. The voyage is expected to take three to four days. There are currently no symptomatic individuals on board.
A total of 114 people boarded the vessel in Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, and 30 disembarked at Saint Helena on April 24. Among the passengers who disembarked at Saint Helena, the largest group by nationality was from the United Kingdom with 7 people, followed by 6 from the United States and 3 from the Netherlands. There were no Japanese nationals among them.
Oceanwide Expeditions confirmed the first laboratory-confirmed hantavirus case on May 4. The infection was identified in a passenger who had been medically evacuated on April 27 and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in South Africa. The company says it is working to obtain detailed information on all crew members and passengers who embarked or disembarked the ship on or after March 20.
Hantavirus infection is caused by viruses of the genus Orthohantavirus and can lead to severe respiratory disease. It is associated with exposure to urine and feces from infected rodents and, in rare cases, can spread from person to person. The incubation period ranges from one to five weeks, typically around two weeks. Symptoms include fever, cough, and muscle pain, and may also involve vomiting and diarrhea. The virus identified in this case is the Andes virus strain, which is known to spread from person to person.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is scheduled to hold a media briefing on hantavirus from 10:00 p.m. Japan time today.
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