May 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified the Texas health department that two of the state’s residents were passengers on the MV Hondius, a ship that experienced an outbreak of hantavirus while traveling in the Atlantic Ocean.
Public health workers in Texas have reached the two individuals, who reported that they were not experiencing any symptoms and did not have any contact with a sick person while aboard the ship.
(Reporting by Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru)
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