Health officials say the risk to the general public in New Jersey remains very low.
Two New Jersey residents are being monitored after they were potentially exposed to a person infected with hantavirus after the person departed the MV Hondius cruise ship.
The two people were not passengers on the cruise ship and officials say the potential exposure happened during air travel abroad. The New Jersey Department of Health was notified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the potential exposure and they say they are monitoring the residents as a precaution. Health officials say the risk to the general public in New Jersey remains very low.
No current cases have been identified in the state and there is no history of a confirmed hantavirus case reported in New Jersey. Health officials in several countries are trying to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on the cruise ship.
In addition to contact tracing, they are trying to learn more about the virus as fast as they can. Questions include whether it has mutated and how exactly it spreads. Hantaviruses usually spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings. While human cases are rare, small outbreaks have been documented around the world.
And the Andes virus implicated in the outbreak unfolding on a cruise ship now in the Atlantic Ocean may be able to spread between people in rare cases. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo,NYPD searching for suspects after man fatally stabbed in Manhattan's Theater District
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