The Daily Beast
Danilson Sequeira / REUTERS Doctors have been warned to be on the lookout for “imported” hantavirus cases as American passengers return home from a cruise hit by an outbreak of the deadly disease. New Jersey joined five other states on Friday in announcing it was tracking residents who were onboard the MV Hondius, where eight cases of the illness were confirmed, with three deaths. Seven American passengers disembarked the Dutch cruise ship last month, and 17 more are due to disembark in the Canary Islands on Sunday before being brought home. A health security expert told The Daily Beast that “anyone that may have gotten off the ship earlier, or who may not be captured with ongoing contact tracing efforts” could potentially have brought the virus back. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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