Sacramento County resident monitored for possible hantavirus exposure tied to deadly cruise outbreak
Health officials are tracking four exposed Californians, including one Sacramento County resident who may have been infected during a shared flight.
- On Monday, the California Department of Public Health announced it is monitoring four residents for potential Andes hantavirus exposure linked to an outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
- Three of the individuals were aboard the MV Hondius, while a Sacramento County resident faced exposure after sitting near an ill passenger on a commercial flight in South Africa.
- All four residents are currently healthy and showing no symptoms, remaining under active monitoring for 42 days following Centers for Disease Control guidance.
- Unlike the native Sin Nombre hantavirus, the Andes strain can rarely spread person-to-person, though health officials emphasize transmission requires close, prolonged contact with an ill patient.
- State Public Health Officer Erica Pan stressed "the risk to the general public is extremely low right now," distinguishing this from COVID-19 by citing decades of experience managing Andes hantavirus.
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4 monitored for symptoms of hantavirus
LOS ANGELES — Four California residents who were possibly exposed to the deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship were being monitored, state health officials said Monday, while emphasizing the risk to the general public remains low.
Santa Clara County resident exposed to Hantavirus
(KRON)-- The Santa Clara Public Health Department is monitoring a Santa Clara County resident who returned to California after being exposed to the Andes Hantavirus. The outbreak started aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, carrying more than 140 passengers from all over the world. Since the outbreak, three people have died, and five passengers who left the ship were confirmed to be infected with Hantavirus. Hantavirus latest: CA health officials …
Sacramento County resident may have been exposed to hantavirus on a plane, health official says
A resident from Sacramento County may have been exposed to Andes hantavirus on a plane in South Africa after sitting near a woman who had the virus, California’s top public health official said on Monday.
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