Medical authorities are urging calm while maintaining close surveillance after a cluster of hantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship in the Central Atlantic, stressing that the overall risk remains low and there is no evidence of widespread transmission.
President of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP), Dr Lynda Williams, said while the situation is being closely monitored, there is no cause for alarm at this stage.
“The [World Health Organisation] has not said anything like that at this point in time, so we can’t jump ahead to that, Dr Williams told Barbados TODAY. “We are watching it, we’re observing and we’re listening to the updates.”
