Hantavirus-hit cruise ship set to reach Rotterdam port as final destinationThe cruise ship MV Hondius, hit by hantavirus, has docked in Rotterdam for disinfection. Remaining crew and medical staff will undergo quar...
18 May, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaksDespite recent hantavirus and norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships, industry experts anticipate a record number of passengers this year. Man...
17 May, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...
15 May, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
14 May, 2026, 06.53 AM IST
Two more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirusPassengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the MV Hondius anchored in the Canary Islands...
12 May, 2026, 06.51 PM IST
WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation; urges cautionWorld Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the efforts to contain the hantavirus outbreak was not over...
12 May, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary IslandsPassengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are flying home from Tenerife. They are being evacuated by military and governmen...
11 May, 2026, 06.36 AM IST
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives in Spain's Canary IslandsA cruise ship carrying passengers with a hantavirus outbreak has arrived in Spain's Canary Islands. Most of the nearly 150 people on board ...
10 May, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
China to scrap COVID quarantine rule for inbound travellersChina's management of COVID-19 will also be downgraded to the less strict Category B from the current top-level Category A, the health auth...
26 Dec, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
China considers reducing COVID quarantine for visitorsCurrently, China requires travelers to isolate for 10 days on entry into the country, with seven days in a hotel room, followed by three da...
20 Oct, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
27 killed, 20 injured as bus carrying people to COVID quarantine centre crashes in ChinaThe official media reported that the bus overturned on a highway in Guizhou province but there was no mention that the vehicle was transpor...
18 Sep, 2022, 08.45 PM IST
Coming to India? Be ready to stay at home for a weekTravellers shall also be required to upload results of repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19 done on eight day on Air Suvidha Portal. “If found n...
08 Jan, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
Karnataka government revises COVID-19 protocol for travellers from KeralaThe revised protocol exempted constitutional functionaries, healthcare professionals and their spouses from institutional quarantine.
02 Sep, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
HC allows home quarantine for COVID-19 negative family after returning from UKJustice Prathiba M Singh issued the direction saying there was "no clarity" in the notifications which were "contradictory" regarding quara...
24 Feb, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
Rs 2,000 fine for home quarantine violation in MPAccording to the central government's guidelines, people should be home-quarantined in mild and pre-symptomatic COVID-19 cases. An undertak...
28 May, 2020, 10.58 AM IST
Quarantine norms for inter-state travellers to Karnataka revisedThe revised standard operating procedure for quarantining considers people who are visiting the state for business activities as special ca...
23 May, 2020, 12.06 PM IST
Assam government is negotiating a package of Rs 300 crore with World Bank: Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said that Assam will have to quarantine around one lakh people. “The cost of quarantine per person for 14 days comes to around Rs 30,...
18 May, 2020, 10.23 PM IST