Public Health Seattle and King County confirmed that three King County residents are now being monitored for potential hantavirus exposure connected to the MV Hondius outbreak.
The MV Hondius had passengers from 23 countries. Three people are now dead, and a total of 11 are showing symptoms so far.
Now we learn that 3 people possibly exposed are from Washington state, but 2 of those people were not even on the cruise ship. That exposed pair is also currently self-quarantining in Washington State.
Why Washington State is Quarantining Possible Hantavirus Victims
Two of the three King County residents were seated near an ill cruise ship passenger on an airplane, the same passenger who was removed from the flight before takeoff and later tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus…