Tag: WHO

Recommendations for ships re the current outbreak of the Ebola Virus

The French Ministry of Health has recently published an alert about the continued risk of the mosquito born chikungunya virus, with respect to outbreaks in the French West Indies and French Guyana.This virus is transmitted by mosquito bites and at present there is no vaccine or cure.

In April 2014, the West of England P&I Club advised operators about the Ebola Virus outbreak in a number of West African countries.

Advisory: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS - CoV)