US Monitoring 41 People For Hantavirus, CDC Says

Reuters (5/14, Aboulenein, Erman, Chiacu) reports, “There are 41 people in the United States currently being monitored for hantavirus, the” CDC “said on Thursday, most of whom should stay at home and avoid people during the 42-day monitoring period.” The Hill (5/14, Weixel) reports CDC Hantavirus Response Incident Manager David Fritter highlighted that there are no hantavirus cases in the US. Meanwhile, he explained “the people being monitored fall into three main categories: passengers who were repatriated from the MV Hondius and are now in Nebraska and Atlanta; passengers who had already left the ship and returned home before the outbreak was identified; and people who may have been exposed on flights where a symptomatic case was present.”