Deadly hantavirus outbreak hits quarantined cruise ship | 7NEWS

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Hantavirus, a virus known since the Korean War, has caused a deadly outbreak on a luxury cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Africa. Health officials believe the outbreak involves the Andes strain, which can spread person-to-person in close quarters, unlike typical hantavirus transmission through rodent secretions. The virus causes serious lung infections with potentially high mortality rates, though experts say it does not spread as easily as COVID-19 and is unlikely to cause a pandemic.

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