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Meanwhile, the World Health Organization’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is currently giving a briefing alongside the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez on the current situation on hantavirus, following the evacuation of the MV Hondius cruise ship over the weekend.
The key lines appears to be that Tedros conceded that the WHO is expecting more cases to emerge given the prolonged incubation period of six to eight weeks.
“We would expect more cases, because, as you may remember, the index case, the first case in the ship, was on 6 April, and until … the report was confirmed as infectious – that’s around 24 April or 25 – there was a lot of interaction [between] the passengers.
As you know, the incubation period is also six to eight weeks. Because of the interaction while they were still on the ship, especially before they started taking some infectious prevention measures, … we would expect more cases.”
“But of course the situation could change, and given the long incubation period of the virus, it’s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks.”
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