A Dutch woman who had been in contact with a fatal hantavirus case has tested negative for the virus, the World Health Organisation has said.
The individual, a flight attendant at Dutch airline KLM, had been taken to hospital in Amsterdam yesterday. It was previously reported she had shown mild symptoms.
She had been in contact with another 69-year-old Dutch woman who died from hantavirus in Johannesburg on 26 April.
The victim had flown to South Africa from the island of St Helena, where she had disembarked the MV Hondius two days earlier.
What will happen to the British passengers – and how will we be kept safe?
UK government staff will be on the ground in the Canary Islands to support the British nationals disembarking the ship when it docks, which is expected on Sunday, the UKHSA said.
Britons – passengers and crew – not displaying any symptoms of hantavirus will be escorted to an airport and given free passage back to the UK on a dedicated repatriation flight.
The flight will operate “under strict infection control measures”, with public health and infectious disease specialists from on board to monitor the passengers, the health body said.
All British passengers and crew who were on board the MV Hondius will be asked to isolate for 45 days upon returning to the UK, it added.
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