Maria Van Kerkhove

"We’re working with Spanish authorities who … have said that they will welcome the ship to do a full investigation, a full epidemiologic investigation, full disinfection of the ship and, of course, to assess the risk of the passengers that are actually on board."

""this is not Covid, this is not influenza, it spreads very, very differently"."

"Estamos en contacto con los operadores del barco al respecto."

"We do believe that there may be some human-to-human transmission that’s happening among the really close contacts, the husband and wife, people who have shared cabins."

"As of today, seven individuals of the 147 passengers and crew have been reported ill. Sadly, three have died."

"This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a COVID pandemic."

"This is not coronavirus, this is a very different virus."

"This is not COVID. This is not influenza. It spreads very, very differently."

"We classify everybody on board as what we call a high-risk contact."

"This is not Covid, this is not influenza. It spreads very, very differently."

"Our recommendations are we're considering everyone on board, the crew and the passengers as high-risk contacts because there are current investigations that are really trying to understand what types of exposures each of them had."

""We classify everybody on board as what we call a high-risk contact.""

""Active monitoring and follow-up of all the passengers and crew who disembark for a 42-day period was recommended.""

"the outbreak is not the start of a pandemic and not COVID."