Maintain cleanliness amid rodent-borne disease concerns: Brunei health ministry
The ministry encouraged the public to seek professional pest control services if signs of infestation are detected.
Japan provided antiviral medication Avigan to U.K. for cruise ship Hantavirus outbreak
The Health, Labour, and Welfare Ministry said that the drug may be used for pre-symptomatic infected individuals or those who came into close contact with infected persons.
Hantavirus-stricken ship begins disinfection in dock
Hantavirus is linked to rodent feces and is endemic in Argentina, where the ship began its most recent voyage on April 1. Currently, there is no vaccine or specific treatment for…
Bali increases surveillance for hantavirus
Bali Health Agency gave an assurance that no case of suspected hantavirus had yet been found in Bali.
WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreak
All known cases in the current outbreak were people aboard the ill-fated cruise ship.
38 Filipinos on Hantavirus-hit cruise ship face 42-day quarantine
Although all Filipino seafarers tested negative for the rodent-borne disease, they would still need to undergo quarantine as part of health protocols.
2 Singapore residents on hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolated at hospital and undergoing tests
Both of them have been isolated at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), where they are being tested for hantavirus. Their test results are not ready, the CDA said…
38 Filipinos among crew of hantavirus-hit ship
“The good news, according to the WHO, under the international health regulations, they have no illnesses. We have not heard or received any reports so far. We are in close…