WHO Assesses Low Public Health Risk as Hantavirus-Affected Ship Docks in Netherlands

The World Health Organization (WHO) has maintained its assessment of "low risk" to public health regarding the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Hondius, which is scheduled to dock in the Netherlands. Twenty-seven people will disembark in Rotterdam, while nine asymptomatic individuals exposed to hantavirus on other islands will self-isolate in the UK.