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Typhoon Maysak has caused widespread flooding and damage in southern and central China, leaving residents stranded on rooftops and killing at least two in Nanning. The storm also contributed to tornadoes in central China, while authorities remain on alert for Super Typhoon Bavi.
The World Health Organization has declared the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship over, with 12 confirmed and one probable case including three deaths. More than 650 contacts were traced across 33 countries. The outbreak involved the Andes virus, a rare strain capable of human-to-human transmission, and has ended with no further cases since May 25.
Six passengers from the MV Hondius, which experienced a deadly hantavirus outbreak in April, have been released from a 42-day quarantine in Perth. All tested negative and remain well; one passenger said he would 'definitely' do it again.
Two new suspected hantavirus cases have been reported in Spain and Tristan da Cunha, linked to an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The UK military parachuted medical personnel and oxygen to the remote island to assist a British national, as the WHO maintains the global risk remains low.
Health authorities worldwide are urgently tracing passengers who disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship before an outbreak of hantavirus was detected. The virus has killed three people, and eight others are suspected to have contracted it, as the WHO monitors citizens in at least 12 countries.
The Canary Islands' regional leader has refused to allow a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak to dock, citing safety concerns, while Spain's central government says it should be permitted. Three people have died, and the WHO reports multiple cases, though it stresses low public risk.
The World Health Organization suspects human-to-human transmission of hantavirus occurred among close contacts on a cruise ship off Cape Verde, where three passengers have died. The risk to the wider public remains low, according to the agency.
At least three people have died and several others have fallen ill from a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic. The World Health Organization is coordinating an investigation, with the ship currently held near Cape Verde. The risk to the general public is considered low.