Singapore residents from hantavirus cruise test negative, face 30-day quarantine

One passenger on the cruise ship died from hantavirus infection; two Singaporean residents were exposed through shared flight contact with the deceased.

Two Singaporean men who traveled aboard the MV Hondius and later shared a flight with a passenger who died of Andes hantavirus have tested negative for infection — a cautious relief in a story that reminds us how invisibly the threads of human movement can carry mortal risk across oceans. The Andes virus, uniquely capable of passing between people and carrying a fatality rate as high as fifty percent, has drawn health authorities across twelve nations into a quiet, coordinated vigil. Though their test results offer reassurance, both men remain in quarantine, held in the uncertain interval betw

Singapore residents from hantavirus cruise test negative, face 30-day quarantine

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