Medical epidemiologist breaks down cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
The worry on the cruise ship is human-to-human transmission

Health departments in California, Georgia and Arizona are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius.
The worry on the cruise ship is human-to-human transmission
President Donald Trump said he was hopeful that a deadly outbreak of the hantavirus on a cruise ship was under control and indicated that the administration would make a report about the incident.
An outbreak of hantavirus aboard a Dutch cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean is raising concerns about the virus among members of the public wary about another global outbreak. At least three passengers who were aboard the MV Hondius have died, and five other people have been sickened after showing symptoms of the hantavirus. The ship’s operator, Oceanwide Expeditions, said no symptomatic individuals remain on board. Some passengers,…
An Arizona Department of Health Services spokeswoman told The New York Times it is monitoring a resident who isn't symptomatic.
The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the stranded MV Hondius could reshape the way cruise lines screen passengers before boarding, an expert told The Post.
More information has come to light about the origins of the deadly hantavirus cluster aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, as health officials have now identified “Patient Zero,” the first confirmed case, as a 70-year-old Dutch ornithologist who visited a heavily rat-infested landfill just outside Ushuaia, Argentina, just days before boarding. The post Hantavirus Patient Zero Was Dutch Birdwatcher Who Toured Massive Rat-Infested Landfill in Argentina’s ‘City at the End of the World’ Just Days Before Deadly Cruise Ship Outbreak appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.