Ebola, bad news

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__08tHh6lS8 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7F-SSNQ57M 177 deaths, 904 cases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZB2ZGUWEbc 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