Officials at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center confirmed they are investigating a potential case of hantavirus after an individual exhibited symptoms associated with the deadly respiratory disease.
Tests are being sent to the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm whether the person is infected with the rare virus.
Neither the condition of the individual nor their identity has been released yet. The facility where they are housed at the Bay Area prison has been decontaminated, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…