World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday \u201cour work is not over\u201d to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.<\/p>\n
The fate of the MV Hondius sparked international alarm after three passengers died<\/a> in an outbreak of the rare virus, for which no vaccines or specific treatments exist.<\/p>\n Yet health officials stressed that the global public health risk was low and rejected comparisons to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,\u201d Tedros told a joint news conference in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.<\/p>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cBut of course the situation could change, and given the long incubation period of the virus, it\u2019s possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks,\u201d Tedros said.<\/p>\n More than 120 passengers and crew on the MV Hondius were flown out<\/a> from Spain\u2019s Canary Islands on Sunday and Monday, and countries adopted different health measures for their returning evacuees.<\/p>\n Most countries followed the WHO\u2019s guidelines, which include a 42-day quarantine and constant monitoring of high-risk contacts.<\/p>\n