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MV HONDIUS EVACUATED AT TENERIFE — 42-DAY QUARANTINE FOR FILIPINO CREW, FRENCH EVACUEE SHOWING SYMPTOMS
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Singapore — a French evacuee with symptoms: what is the real risk to contacts?
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
Singapore notes that channel News Asia and the Straits Times break down the epidemiological equation: hantavirus, rodent transmission, no inter-human spread — and the real question: why is a passenger showing symptoms after leaving the ship? Several hypotheses: (1) long incubation — one to eight weeks — and infection contracted before boarding; (2) contamination via a contaminated object taken from the ship; (3) the passenger was already infected but asymptomatic. CNA recalls that health authorities worldwide are unanimous: hantavirus does not spread through the air or direct human contact. Singapore's crisis management is being observed with interest by regional Asian authorities, who since SARS have learned to take health alerts seriously.
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Paris on alert: a French evacuee from the Hondius is showing symptoms
London — paratroopers on Tristan da Cunha, passengers quarantined at a former Nightingale Hospital
German passengers return home — and Germany benchmarks the protocol
Belgrade observes one ship, ten countries, contradictory protocols: Europe fragments from crisis to crisis.
Canadians quarantined in British Columbia — and a survivor tells his own story
Canberra — chaos in the evacuation: an international operation that nearly unravelled
Doha — conspiracy theories resurface online — and the WHO is worried
Beijing evaluates the health risk — SARS memory in the background
Lagos watches the Manchester plane land — and questions about the Filipino crew begin.
Rome watches Tenerife revive the ghost of Costa Concordia.
Islamabad highlights the Filipino crew in quarantine: the hidden face of luxury tourism.