Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda declared global health emergency
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
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At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
The Minnesota Department of Health said Tuesday afternoon that it is monitoring a person who was potentially exposed to someone who tested positive for hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
Minnesota health leaders are monitoring someone for potential exposure to the virus behind a deadly cruise ship outbreak. Today, the health department said that person "may have been briefly exposed overseas" to someone who was on the cruise and tested positive for hantavirus. Ubah Ali explains how this outbreak is different than COVID-19 and the risk to Minnesotans.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
Infectious disease experts have sought to reassure people that the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak poses very low risks to the wider public.
Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS News that the hantavirus outbreak should be treated differently from COVID.
The MV Hondius is currently traveling to the Canary Islands, where the 147 people on board will be methodically off-boarded and flown home.
A hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship has killed three people and infected multiple others, officials said.
A deadly virus that's killed cruise ship passengers can be traced to small critters found hiding in homes.
A deadly virus that killed cruise ship passengers can be traced to small critters found hiding in homes. In Good Question, Jeff Wagner explains how Minnesotans can ensure they don't get exposed.
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic off Africa killed three people and sickened at least three others, health officials say.
