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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe

Health officials across the world are racing to track contacts of hantavirus victims

Health officials are optimistic that a recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has tragically claimed three lives, will not escalate into a wider epidemic.

While human-to-human transmission is rare for hantaviruses, rigorous contact tracing is underway across several countries to identify and monitor those potentially exposed.

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