2026-05-05 17:16 UTC
The next patient got sick and received treatment on Ascension Island and was then evacuated from there to South Africa. It was someone in the UK involved in this (Ascension Island is an overseas territory) that contacted a colleague in South Africa which ultimately led to the diagnosis.
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@kakape@mas.to 2026-05-05 17:16
2) While you may think: A cruise ship. Again! Of course! This outbreak is really unusual in that hantaviruses generally do not transmit from human to human and an outbreak has never been reported on a ship. That's why the big question here is still: Was there human-to-human transmission?