Hantavirus latest updates: Suspected case at New York high school not linked to cruise ship
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Key Points:
- The World Health Organization reported 10 hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, including three deaths, with eight confirmed and two probable cases as of May 15.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the global risk from the outbreak remains low.
- The U.S. CDC is monitoring at least 41 people for potential exposure related to the cruise ship, including 18 passengers under quarantine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- Several patients with mild symptoms have been treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, but all tested negative for hantavirus; no confirmed U.S. cases have been reported.
- Separately, New York State is investigating an unrelated hantavirus case at Geneva High School, suspected to be locally acquired and not linked to the cruise ship outbreak.