As the cruise ship with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus prepares to disembark to the Canary Islands, countries around the world are mobilizing to monitor the potential symptoms of more than 140 passengers and crew members on board.
Sounds like it’s already a thing. From the article:
Andes virus is an especially contagious form of hantavirus, an infectious diseases physician and medical micro-biologist said Friday.
[The] germ can be spread through salvia [sic], bodily fluids, and droplets from the respiratory system, Dr. Donald Vinh said in an interview with CTV News Channel.
‘In general hantaviruses are transmitted from rodents to humans, but what has been known since the ‘90s is that there’s a specific type of hantavirus, in this case the Andes virus,” Vinh said, “that has been previously shown to have the capacity to spread from one person to another.”
Reuters just said two people in spain came down with it too, I don’t think they had any connection to the ship. Also a woman caught it from sitting two seats behind someone that had it. If I read the first part right.
Sounds like it’s already a thing. From the article:
Reuters just said two people in spain came down with it too, I don’t think they had any connection to the ship. Also a woman caught it from sitting two seats behind someone that had it. If I read the first part right.