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Hantavirus Response Was Swift, Says South African Health Minister

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has briefed Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Health after the confirmation of Hantavirus in a critically ill British national in South Africa, and in a woman who collapsed at OR Tambo International Airport. She later died in South Africa. Her husband, a third patient, passed away in St Helena.

The deceased were passengers aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was sailing from Argentina to the Canary Islands via Cape Verde. 

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Authorities from Cabo Verde, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, and the United Kingdom have initiated a coordinated international response to the Hantavirus cases, including case investigation, isolation and clinical management, medical evacuation, and laboratory testing.

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