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Bhattacharya urges calm over hantavirus as Americans affected are moved to 42-day isolation
Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya said he does not expect the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship to become a pandemic similar to COVID-19, and said the Americans who were on the ship have been taken to an isolation facility.
TL;DR
- Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya stated the hantavirus outbreak is not expected to become a pandemic like COVID-19.
- Seventeen Americans from the affected cruise ship are being taken to Nebraska for a 42-day self-isolation.
- All affected Americans are asymptomatic.
- Eight people have been diagnosed with the Andes strain of hantavirus, and three have died.
- The cruise ship, MV Hondius, traveled from Argentina to St. Helena and is now headed to the Canary Islands.
- Spanish officials are preparing to evacuate the remaining passengers on the Canary Islands.