According to a BBC report, two British citizens who left a cruise ship infected with Hantavirus early have self-quarantined in the UK. The two, who were on the MV Hondius, which departed from Argentina a month ago, applied to a quarantine center voluntarily to protect themselves and public health, despite showing no symptoms themselves, due to the increasing news.
The ship, which departed from Argentina, is being held in South African waters and is under state quarantine. We only knew that this virus was transmitted from animal to animal, but surprisingly, it appears to have also been transmitted from animal to human. This indicates a research anomaly. How can a virus that has been definitively proven to be transmitted from animal to animal in laboratories also be transmitted from human to animal?
Either the research reached incorrect conclusions, or the scientists reached incorrect conclusions from incorrect results. Was this virus, detected on the ship, not detected in Argentina? What did the Argentine authorities do about this? Are there other Argentinians infected with this virus? Have these Argentinians started spreading the Coronavirus to other parts of the world? This is one of the most important questions to ask. Is there a long-term danger? It seems that we and a significant portion of the world media have confined the virus only to the quarantined ship. Details about other aspects are still lacking. It would be beneficial to ask the Argentinian government and local representatives in the area where the ship departed about this matter. Also, did the virus spread within the ship or in the region?
We have asked the questions that first came to mind. The Argentinian government, and then the media that featured the story on their front pages, should provide the answers…