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Risk of hantavirus transmitting between humans is low, health ministry says

The Japan Times·Yukana Inoue·26 days ago
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A scientist from the Malbran Institute handles containers used to diagnose the Andes hantavirus, which contain RNA from the Andes virus as part of the detection process, in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. | ARGENTINE HEALTH MINISTRY / VIA AFP-JIJI The possibility of a human-to-human transmission of the hantavirus — the deadly virus that fatally infected some passengers on a luxury cruise ship — is low, even if an infected patient were to enter the country, the health ministry said Wednesday. “This risk assessment indicates that a human-to-human transmission of the hantavirus has not been reported — except for certain strains of the virus — and that transmission can be controlled through appropriate measures,” the health ministry said in a statement, based on an evaluation made by the Japan Institute for Health Security.  “Therefore, even if an infected passenger were to enter Japan, the likelihood of widespread, domestic person-to-person transmission is considered low,” the statement…

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