FYI, the suspected origin is South America, not on board the ship. Cruise ships do seem to be perfect environments for further spreading disease, though.

On Thursday, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, said the Dutch couple, who were the first two cases, had travelled through Argentina, Chile and Uruguay on a bird-watching trip “which included visits to sites where the species of rat known to carry the virus was present”.

This particular strain (Andes) is capable of human to human transmission.

If I’m not mistaken this part of the trail is also pretty steep, more so than it looks in the picture. The views are amazing when the weather is clearer.

Power plant and bridge days sound like it’s infrastructure week again.