U.S EQUIPMENT, EXPERTS ARRIVE AT KENYA EBOLA FACILITY DESPITE COURT ORDER, PROTESTS. (PHOTO).

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 U.S equipment, experts arrive at Kenya Ebola facility despite court order, protests Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have landed at a base in Kenya where the U.S. ​government is continuing to build an Ebola quarantine facility despite protests and Kenyan court orders blocking it, according to flight data and officials. At least two ‌people have been killed in protests in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki, home to the Kenyan air force base where the U.S. military is building a 50-bed unit for Americans who might be exposed to the virus, which has infected hundreds in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. A Kenyan court first ordered work on the Ebola facility to be suspended on May ​28, yet U.S. military flights into Nanyuki continued in the days that followed, according to data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24. The planes have brought in technical ​equipment as well as dozens of physicians, engineers, lab experts and construction work...

CRUISE SHIP TIED TO DEADLY HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK TO ARRIVE IN ROTTERDAM FOR DISINFECTION AND CREW DISEMBARKATION. (PHOTO).



Cruise ship tied to deadly hantavirus outbreak to arrive in Rotterdam for disinfection and crew disembarkation

The MV Hondius cruise ship is scheduled to arrive on Monday at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where remaining crew members and medical staff will disembark, and the vessel will undergo a full cleaning and disinfection, according to the ship’s operator.

The ship has been at the center of a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people, sickened 10 others, and placed dozens more into quarantine, according to the latest figures from global health officials.

Health authorities said a Canadian passenger who had been aboard the vessel tested positive this week for the Andes strain of hantavirus and remains hospitalized in isolation. That passenger’s travel companion, who had earlier reported mild symptoms, later tested negative, according to Canadian health officials.

Disembarkation of passengers began last week in a coordinated process involving multiple countries and international health authorities. When the ship arrives in Rotterdam, the remaining crew and medical personnel still on board will leave in stages. The operator said none of those remaining on the vessel are currently showing symptoms.

The company said the ship will be disinfected alongside the final disembarkation process, with arrival expected between 10 a.m. and noon local time, though timing may shift.

Officials with the ship’s operator said early indications suggest the vessel is expected to return to service once cleaning is completed and health authorities give approval.

The company added that final decisions will be made in coordination with relevant authorities before operations resume. Despite the outbreak, the vessel appears to already be listed for future expedition bookings later this year.


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