Press Releases

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

The implementation of the UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators was officially launched in Cabo Verde during a kick-off workshop held on 16–17 March 2026 in Cidade Velha.

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(MENAFN) The head of the World Health Organization has moved to calm public concerns after a cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak approached Spain’s Tenerife, stressing that the situation does not resemble another global pandemic scenario...

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(MENAFN) US health authorities are racing to contain a rare and deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, mobilizing emergency personnel and arranging repatriation flights as infected American passengers brace for weeks of...

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(MENAFN) Newly released footage shows the captain of a cruise ship reassuring passengers after an onboard death, which later became part of a confirmed hantavirus outbreak investigation, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has personally traveled to Spain's Tenerife to oversee the docking of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, reassuring local residents that the outbreak poses...

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(MENAFN) World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus moved to calm public anxiety Saturday, assuring residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife that the health risk was contained as the cruise ship MV Hondius —...

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(MENAFN) American health authorities are stepping up containment procedures following hantavirus-related deaths connected to the MV Hondius cruise vessel, as US travelers aboard the ship prepare for quarantine supervision upon their return home,...

EIN Presswire

Powerful film “Honoring Amilcar” premieres in Providence before New York screening, honoring Cape Verde’s historic milestone and diaspora legacy.

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump on Friday described hantavirus as "not easily transferable, unlike COVID," in an effort to calm public concern while health officials across several countries work to contain an outbreak linked to a cruise ship....

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Tuesday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship anchored off Cabo Verde almost certainly predates the voyage itself — with the initial patient likely infected on land before...

South African Government

The Department of Health has been informed by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the medical condition and reported deaths of passengers of an international cruise ship (MV Hondius) travelling from Southern Argentina to...

UN International Training and Research Center

Communication lines were established immediately after the emergency response activation.

Macao Government News

MACAU, November 20 - Davis Fong and Miao Li, professors in the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) at the University of Macau (UM), visited the University of Cape Verde (Uni-CV) on 12 and 13 November, where they delivered a lecture titled...

EIN Presswire

Streaming Online Across the United States: May 10–17, 2026 NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 6, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), in partnership with ArtMattan Films, announces a special virtual...

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(MENAFN) Three individuals suspected of carrying hantavirus have been removed from the outbreak-stricken cruise ship and are en route to the Netherlands for urgent medical attention, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom...

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(MENAFN) The government of Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency on the islands of Sao Vicente and Santo Antao after severe rainfall and flooding left seven people dead and caused major destruction.

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(MENAFN) The government of Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency on the islands of Sao Vicente and Santo Antao following intense rainfall that triggered flash floods, killing at least seven people and causing widespread destruction.

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(MENAFN) Three people are dead and a fourth remains in intensive care after a suspected hantavirus outbreak tore through a Netherlands-based cruise ship, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Sunday — raising urgent alarms over a...

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(MENAFN) Three people have died and at least five others are suspected infected aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean following a confirmed hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization disclosed Sunday evening in a development that...

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(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (World Health Organization) has reported a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a Netherlands-based cruise vessel, resulting in three deaths and several additional illnesses, according to statements released...