CDC sets MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak at Level 3
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Updated · Livescience.com · May 8
CDC sets MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak at Level 3
6 articles · Updated · Livescience.com · May 8
As of May 8, five cases and four suspected cases linked to the Dutch-flagged cruise ship had been identified, with three deaths, as it sailed off Mauritania toward Tenerife.
WHO and CDC said public risk remained low, but officials suspect some person-to-person spread of Andes virus and are tracing passengers who disembarked on St Helena on April 24.
Spanish authorities in the Canary Islands were preparing isolated evacuations on arrival, while US states monitored returning travellers and genetic sequencing continued to assess the outbreak.
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