🚨 2 New Jersey Residents Monitored After Possible Hantavirus Exposure Linked to Cruise Ship Cluster
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What remains unclear
- The MV Hondius has become the center of an international health investigation after multiple suspected hantavirus cases and at least three deaths connected to the voyage.
🚨 Two New Jersey residents are being monitored by health officials after a potential exposure to hantavirus linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, according to the New Jersey Department of Health.
Officials say the two individuals were not passengers on the ship. The possible exposure happened during international air travel after contact with someone infected with the virus. Neither person is currently showing symptoms.
The MV Hondius has become the center of an international health investigation after multiple suspected hantavirus cases and at least three deaths connected to the voyage. The strain involved is believed to be the Andes virus, a rare form of hantavirus found in South America that can spread person-to-person through close, prolonged contact.
New Jersey health officials stressed that the risk to the public remains “very low” and said there are currently no confirmed hantavirus cases in the state.
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