One US citizen tests mildly positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptomsOne American repatriated from a hantavirus-struck cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the Andes strain, with a second showing mild s...
11 May, 2026, 08.26 AM 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
All passengers on hantavirus-hit ship considered 'high-risk' contacts, EU health agency saysPassengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are considered high-risk contacts. Ahead of its anchoring off Tenerife, asy...
10 May, 2026, 07.27 AM IST
Eight Hantavirus cases reported; three dead, six confirmed Andes Virus: WHOEight Hantavirus cases have been reported, with three deaths. Six cases are confirmed as Andes virus. The World Health Organization assesse...
09 May, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
New hantavirus case suspected on remote island as contact tracing continuesTristan da Cunha, known for its isolation, has reported a potential hantavirus case linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius. A British travele...
08 May, 2026, 06.53 PM IST
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary IslandsSpanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. The vessel is expected to...
08 May, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThree passengers died from hantavirus after a cruise. The World Health Organization believes the outbreak will be limited if precautions ar...
07 May, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
Suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship leaves 3 dead, WHO confirms: What is it and how does it spread?A suspected hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has resulted in three deaths and several illnesses, with one patient in inten...
04 May, 2026, 07.10 AM IST
Rapid RT-PCR test must at Mumbai airport only for passengers coming from at-risk, high-risk countries and UAE: civic bodyA day earlier confusion was created due to misinterpretation of revised guidelines by a civic official who had said that the Brihanmumbai M...
05 Jan, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
Rapid RT-PCR test mandatory for all international passengers landing in MumbaiThe BMC official said passengers testing positive for coronavirus in the rapid test will then have to undergo routine RT-PCR test, while th...
05 Jan, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
Assam exempts fully vaccinated travellers from mandatory COVID testingAll incoming passengers who have been vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be exempted from mandatory testing on arrival at a...
17 Aug, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
Asymptomatic passengers won't be tested on arrival: Maha govtThe circular amended the Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) issued for dealing with passengers arriving from these regions on December 21 fo...
24 Dec, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Tamil Nadu government releases new norms for mandatory quarantine and testing of travellersThermal screening is mandatory for people coming from other States and Union Territories by air, rail or road and for those coming from oth...
04 Sep, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Delhi govt issues SOP for arriving train passengers, asymptomatic ones to be allowed to go homeIn an order, the Delhi health department said, only asymptomatic persons coming to the national capital would be allowed to go home after a...
12 May, 2020, 04.57 PM IST
Ship from Maldives with over 600 stranded Indians to arrive on May 10INS Jalashwa, participating in Indian Navy's "Operation Samudra Setu" to bring home Indians stuck in foreign countries due to COVID-19 pand...
09 May, 2020, 06.11 PM IST
Passengers flouting rules of quarantine to face actionPassengers coming from Covid-19 affected countries and undergoing home quarantine run the risk of facing penal action in case they flout th...
19 Mar, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
17 people from Delhi who returned from abroad before coronavirus screening showed symptoms, hospitalisedSeventeen people, out of a large number of passengers who had arrived in Delhi from China and other coronavirus-affected countries before t...
17 Feb, 2020, 09.14 AM IST