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Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship sparks Australian alert

Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship sparks Australian alert

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Australian health authorities are conducting contact tracing after at least five cases of hantavirus were confirmed on an Atlantic cruise ship, resulting in three deaths. The World Health Organization has clarified that the virus spreads through close, intimate contact unlike COVID-19, and one passenger from the affected cruise ship has returned to Australia. The strain is believed to have originated from a bird watching trip in Argentina.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.