00:00The CDC is monitoring a rare deadly virus across all 50 states, one that spreads directly person
00:06to person. Andesvirus, the only hantavirus on Earth that transmits person to person.
00:12Every other hantavirus requires contact with infected rodents. Andesvirus does not.
00:18The outbreak began on a cruise ship in the Atlantic on May 2.
00:23U.S. passengers were brought to a specialized medical isolation facility in Nebraska.
00:28Here's why. Infected passengers flew home before the outbreak was identified.
00:33Everyone who shared that air travel is now being monitored. Andesvirus causes severe lung damage
00:39and fluid buildup, with a fatality rate exceeding 35% even in hospitals. No U.S. case is confirmed
00:46as of May 18. But the nationwide alert was issued because Andesvirus spreads in ways other hantaviruses
00:53cases cannot. If you are on this cruise, contact your state health department immediately.
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