2 N.J. Residents Potentially Exposed to Hantavirus, Health Officials Say. Here's What We Know.
The residents have no symptoms and are being monitored after CDC notice of a rare virus outbreak tied to the MV Hondius.
- On Friday, May 8, 2026, the New Jersey Department of Health announced two residents are under monitoring after potential hantavirus exposure during international air travel, though they were not passengers on the MV Hondius.
- The cruise ship outbreak involves the Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain capable of rare person-to-person transmission; at least five cases are connected to the ship, with three deaths confirmed.
- Neither New Jersey resident shows symptoms, and the state has no confirmed hantavirus cases; authorities in Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia are also monitoring travelers from the ship.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated the current risk to the American public is "extremely low," distinguishing this from typical U.S. rodent-borne hantaviruses.
- Hantavirus incubation ranges from four to 42 days, and while asymptomatic individuals are not contagious, officials note there are no vaccines or licensed antiviral treatments to target the virus.
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Health officials in New Jersey reported that two state residents may have been exposed to a person infected with hantavirus, linked to a deadly outbreak connected to a cruise ship bound for the Canary Islands.
New Jersey now sixth state with suspected hantavirus cases after residents were exposed to patient on plane
According to a report from the Daily Mail, New Jersey health officials are now tracking two residents for possible exposure to hantavirus, a potentially deadly rodent-borne virus at the center of an outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. This development makes New Jersey the sixth U.S. state involved in monitoring individuals with potential links […]
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