Hantavirus, good news
No cases unrelated to MV Hondius.
Recent additional confirmed cases
Passengers and crew only
People identified during repatriation/quarantine after being onboard.
Spanish evacuee from the ship testing positive while already in quarantine in Madrid
Canadian passenger testing positive after returning home
Crew member repatriated to the Netherlands later confirmed positive.
No confirmed community-spread cases reported in people who were not on the ship
https://apnews.com/article/hantavirus-ship-quarantine-andes-virus-302d45d77aac4d55aa76c43d79f54ec9
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/spanish-national-evacuated-hantavirus-cruise-ship-tests-positive-2026-05-25/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Ebola, Bundibugyo strain
Filovirus family
The good news
This will not be a pandemic
Sporadic cases only in the West
The bad news
Third largest outbreak so far
Million people moving around
Relatives wash the dead who are highly infectious
Unknown cases and many more unknown contacts
High positivity rate
A disease focus has been allowed to establish
Local spread in Kampala
WHO and the Africa CDC
https://www.who.int/news/item/22-05-2026-first-meeting-of-the-ihr-emergency-committee-regarding-the-epidemic-of-ebola-bundibugyo-virus-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-2026-temporary-recommendations?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/africa-health-body-warns-10-countries-at-risk-of-ebola-outbreak/3946951?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Warned neighbouring or nearby countries are at increased risk
Rwanda
Kenya
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Burundi
United Republic of Tanzania
Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Zambia
Angola
Non-specific symptoms come first, more diagnostic symptoms later.
Patients on normal wards in DRC
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/ebola-patients-flee-attacks-congo-health-facilities-hobbling-response-2026-05-25/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/doctors-hospitals-struggle-to-keep-up-with-ebolas-spread-8a489864?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Hospitals and clinics overcrowded
Isolation capacity inadequate
Some facilities are “full of suspect cases”
Attacks on treatment centres have caused infected patients to flee.
I expect nosocomial transmission, HAIs.
Vectors and fomites
177 deaths, 904 cases
United States imposes travel restrictions
Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.
https://www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorrhagic-fevers/travel-to-us/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com
non-U.S. citizens (including green card holders) who have been in those countries within the previous 21 days are temporarily barred from entering the United States.
U.S. citizens are still allowed to return, but they undergo enhanced screening and are routed through designated airports.
Washington Dulles, Atlanta, and Houston
World cup
11th June, US, Mexico, Canada
