Risk to Public From Hantavirus Very Low: US Official
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Risk to Public From Hantavirus Very Low: US Official
The risk to the public from an illness called the hantavirus is low, a U.S. official said on May 11. “Let me be crystal clear: the risk of hantavirus to the general public remains very, very low,” Dr. Brian Christine, assistant secretary for health and head of the U.S. Public Health Service, told reporters during a briefing in Omaha, Nebraska. “The Andes variant of this virus does not spread easily, and it requires prolonged close contact with s…
U.S. health authorities said Monday that the risk of hantavirus “for the general public remains very, very low,” after it became known that one of the 17 Americans repatriated from the Canary Islands was positive and another has mild symptoms. “The Andean variant of this virus does not spread easily and requires prolonged close contact with someone who already has symptoms. Still, we have taken this situation very seriously from the very beginni…
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