TUMWATER, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – The state is investigating two separate hantavirus developments, though the risk to the public remains very low.
The Washington Department of Health said the investigations involve two different virus strains in two separate events.
The Chelan-Douglas Health District has reported the state’s first case of the Sin Nombre strain of hantavirus this year, which is not related to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak. Sin Nombre is spread through deer mice and can’t be transmitted from person to person…