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Should you cancel your cruise after the hantavirus outbreak?
Key takeaways
- Health officials have linked a cluster of Andes hantavirus cases to passengers aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship that was sailing in the South Atlantic.
- The outbreak has revived memories of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts say the Andes hantavirus poses little risk to cruise travelers.
- If you re going on a plane or a cruise this summer, I would say your risk of getting hantavirus is very close to zero, Dr.
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Health officials have linked a cluster of Andes hantavirus cases to passengers aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship that was sailing in the South Atlantic.
The outbreak has revived memories of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts say the Andes hantavirus poses little risk to cruise travelers.
If you re going on a plane or a cruise this summer, I would say your risk of getting hantavirus is very close to zero, Dr. Jorge Salinas, medical director of infection prevention at Stanford Health Care, said this week.
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