c/world · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 121dWHO says confirmed hantavirus cases from cruise ship has risen to 5 https://www.kplctv.com/2026/05/06/south-africa-identifies-hantavirus-strain-2-passengers-amid-cruise-ship-outbreak/75 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Rothe@piefed.social · 7 pts · 120d
Floating carbon polluting petri dish season is gonna be huge this year.
inari@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 120d
The crazy part is its not transmissible via humans, but via rat feces and urine. That ship must be filthy.
stepintomydojo@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 120d
This particular strain (Andes) is capable of human to human transmission.
inari@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 120d
TIL. Thanks!
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 120d
And the original 2 is speculated (idk if confirmed yet) that they were infected before boarding the boat. So it really had nothing to do with the boat and if it was infested.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 120d
yeah..uh..just that ship.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 120d
Just when the cruise companies were starting to get their sea legs back. Makes air travel seem even worse due to the cramming and the squeezing.