The acting head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has attempted to soothe public concern over the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship — which has seen 17 Americans evacuated from the vessel and seven others return to five states — saying: “This is not Covid.”
Three people died and five others have fallen ill in the outbreak which originated on the MV Hondius ocean vessel last month. Travelers were evacuated from the ship in Spain’s Canary Islands Sunday.
