Dutch flight attendant tested for hantavirus after cruise ship outbreak
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Updated · The New York Times · May 7
Dutch flight attendant tested for hantavirus after cruise ship outbreak
11 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 7
The Netherlands said the attendant is in hospital after contact with an infected person, as officials trace links to the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius outbreak.
WHO says three passengers have died and at least five others were sickened since April 11; one victim, a 69-year-old Dutch woman, died in Johannesburg on April 26.
Authorities stressed human-to-human hantavirus transmission is very rare, seeking to calm public concern while investigators determine whether the attendant had contact through the woman's attempted flight home.
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