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Hong Kong seeks more details from WHO on hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

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Hong Kong seeks more details from WHO on hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
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Hong Kong health authorities are seeking more information from the World Health Organization (WHO) on an outbreak of a deadly hantavirus strain capable of limited human-to-human transmission reported on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, while ramping up efforts to prevent the rare disease from reaching the city’s shores.
The Department of Health’s Centre for Health Protection revealed on Thursday that it had contacted the WHO about the hantavirus cluster found on the MV Hondius after the vessel...

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