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Everything to know about hantavirus: Symptoms, spread and cruise ship outbreak details

The situation aboard the MV Hondius is continuing to evolve, with three deaths linked to the outbreak. But what is hantavirus and how does it spread?

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00:27The Andes virus can have some human-to-human transmission, so for our point of view, from a public health
00:32perspective, this is what we are assuming, and we're trying to take the maximum level of precautions, balancing risk.
00:38And please let me just add that the risk to the general public is low.
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01:23This was a relaxing explanation, but this was not the case because the first death was because of the Hansa
01:34virus.
01:34And after this announcement, we were not ready or we were not isolated for what was to come.
01:41We were together during breakfast, lunch and dinner timings in the dining room all together.
01:50There was an open buffet and we had lecture sessions, group activities.
01:57Still, even after the day that we had someone pass away, we were not informed about the situation and the
02:08ship management, I think, didn't know anything about the virus.
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