"So far, all of the 11 reported hantavirus cases are among passengers or crew on the ship, the World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Madrid on Tuesday. That includes three deaths resulting from the virus."
"Typically, hantaviruses are spread when contaminated rodent droppings and urine are stirred up in the air and breathed in. The strain identified on board the cruise ship, the MV Hondius, is known as the Andes virus, and is the only type known to transmit from person to person."
""At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak," Ghebreyesus said, "but of course the situation could change and, given the long incubation period of the virus, it's possible we might see more cases in the coming weeks.""
"Nicole Iovine: It is not similar at all to SARS-Cov-2. This outbreak on the cruise ship is not going to translate into a worldwide pandemic like Covid for a number of reasons. One of the reasons is that it is just not as infectious as Covid"
More than 100 passengers were evacuated from a luxury cruise ship affected by hantavirus, with 18 Americans placed in biocontainment units in Nebraska and Georgia. Health officials worldwide are monitoring over two dozen people who left the ship and their close contacts. Eleven hantavirus cases have been reported so far, all among passengers or crew, including three deaths. The identified strain is Andes virus, which is the only known hantavirus type capable of person-to-person transmission. Hantaviruses typically spread through inhalation of aerosolized rodent droppings and urine. Officials say the outbreak is unlikely to become a global crisis, though additional cases could appear due to a long incubation period.
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