Some human-to-human transmission might have occurred on board the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak that has left three folks useless and a number of other others sick, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated Tuesday.
“We do know that some of the cases had very close contact with each other and certainly human-to-human transmission can’t be ruled out so as a precaution this is what we are assuming,” Dr. Maria Van Kerhove, WHO’s Director for Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, instructed reporters.
Almost 150 folks, together with 17 Americans, stay stranded on the MV Hondius that’s at present off the coast of West Africa.
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