From DW News.

More than a hundred people are stranded on a cruise ship in the Atlantic after a suspected hantavirus outbreak. Tomi Oladipo talks to Georgetown University global health law expert Lawrence Gostin about who’s obliged to provide help to the passengers.

Chapters:
00:00 Three dead; 150 stranded off Cape Verde
00:35 What we know about MV Hondius and the suspected hantavirus outbreak
01:33 Cape Verde refuses disembarkation; passenger video
02:07 How Covid reshaped international health rules
07:01 What Cape Verde is required to do under the WHO treaty
09:12 Why the ship hasn’t diverted to another port
09:55 Why a rapid epidemiological investigation is critical
11:17 Certificate of sanitaiton and rodent control are legal requirements
13:00 Need for medical care as more cases are likely
14:54 Covid lessons lerned?

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