90-Second Read: California health officials monitoring 4 residents exposed to Hantavirus amid outbreak

California health officials on Monday released new information about four residents who were exposed to the Hantavirus and are now being monitored. California health officials on Monday released new information about four residents who were exposed to the Hantavirus and are now being monitored, all of whom are currently healthy and not showing symptoms. The two people being monitored in California are not currently showing symptoms, but health officials said it can take up to 42 days for symptoms to appear. That person was not on the ship but was exposed to someone who was ill on a plane in South Africa, according to health officials. State health officials addressed questions about the two people who have returned home to California and whether they are in quarantine.

They're doing daily temperatures and are in contact with their local health departments." Federal officials emphasized that the risk to the general public remains low. Health experts said Hantavirus typically requires close and prolonged contact with someone who is symptomatic, which may explain how it spread on the ship. Officials said there have been nine confirmed cases tied to the outbreak, including three deaths. Erica Pan said, "They're doing modified activities in alignment with our Centers for Disease Control guidance as well. It was a much smaller cruise ship than what we often envision with these large cruises and, really a lot of interaction and activities that were close contact with each other, but we'll be learning more over time," Dr.

A South Bay resident from Santa Clara County was on the MV Hondius cruise ship but disembarked before the outbreak. Two other Californians were also on the ship and disembarked over the weekend in the Canary Islands. They are now in quarantine at a federal facility in Nebraska. Let me clear, let me be crystal clear the risk to the general public remains very, very low," said Adm.