17 U.S. Cruise Passengers Enter Monitoring After Hantavirus Outbreak, With 1 Andes Case Confirmed
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Updated · FOX 17 West Michigan News · May 13
17 U.S. Cruise Passengers Enter Monitoring After Hantavirus Outbreak, With 1 Andes Case Confirmed
9 articles · Updated · FOX 17 West Michigan News · May 13
Seventeen U.S. passengers arrived in Nebraska for evaluation after a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain, and one tested positive for the Andes strain without showing symptoms.
Health officials said the public risk remains low, stressing this is not a COVID-style event even though Andes hantavirus can spread person to person in limited cases.
Passengers will be monitored for 42 days, with local health departments tracking any symptoms that emerge during the precautionary follow-up.
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