Title. Apparently there is a cruise ship quarantined right now because of this. And a guy at work was telling me some of the staff escaped? Not sure what exactly is going on but is it cause for concern?

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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Since there are comments saying that the hantavirus rarely spreads from human-to-human, it seems like the news hasn't spread fast enough...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/hondius-ship-hantavirus-andes-strain-9.7189281

Hantavirus is spread by rodents and, more rarely, people. To date, the Andes strain is the only type of hantavirus in which human-to-human transmission has been confirmed, usually through close contact, such as by sharing a bed or food, experts say.

Article title: WHO confirms Andes strain hantavirus on cruise ship passengers, with 3 transferring from ship for treatment

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And just 13 minutes ago, this news came out: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-9.7190707; Contract tracing is underway.

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