Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, May 4, 2026. — Reuters Two cases of the deadly hantavirus have been confirmed, and five more are suspected among people who…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting with Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination in Islamabad on May 5, 2026— PID PM direct to fast-track national hepatitis control drive. Ensure hepatitis and HIV screening in hospitals: PM. Premier orders to enforce use of AD syringes all hospitals. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday…
A Pakistani doctor examines the blood sample from a patient for a HIV test at a state-run hospital. — AFP/File Around 369,000 people suffering from HIV in Pakistan: ministry. Only 84,000 cases currently registered across country: ministry. NA committee raises alarm over availability of banned syringes. Around 20,000 HIV patients who began treatment at antiretroviral…
Some of the cytoarchitectural features in a lymph node specimen extracted from a patient suspected of a Hantavirus illness are seen in this handout photo obtained by Reuters, July 6, 2017. — Reuters GENEVA: The WHO chief told AFP on Wednesday he did not believe a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has…
A person in protective clothing walks next to an ambulance during an evacuation operation of suspected hantavirus patients, following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, in Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026. — Reuters The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday there were now five confirmed hantavirus cases from the Atlantic cruise…
Test tubes labeled “Hantavirus positive” in a photo taken on May 7, 2026. — Reuters The World Health Organisation said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the outbreak to be limited if precautions were taken. Another sick passenger from the MV…
A child diagnosed with measles receives treatment inside a paediatric ward at the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Dhaka on May 6, 2026. DHAKA: Bangladesh’s deadliest measles outbreak in decades is stretching its health system, with children filling hospital wards and doctors struggling to contain a surge in infections that have killed more than…
A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, as it prepares to leave Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026.— Reuters/File So far, eight cases have been reported: WHO. WHO official says it’s not Covid nor measles. Risk of virus spreading remains low, says UN…
Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, May 4, 2026. — Reuters Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands will send planes to evacuate their citizens aboard the Tenerife-bound…
People from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, are transferred by boat to the port after disembarking, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026.— Reuters Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began flying home from…
