{"id":9016,"date":"2026-05-10T14:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9016"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:15:40","slug":"cdc-head-assures-americans-hantavirus-outbreak-isnt-the-new-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9016","title":{"rendered":"CDC head assures Americans hantavirus outbreak isn&#8217;t the new COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya urged the public not to panic over the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, underscoring that it\u2019s not like COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Bhattacharya, who also helms the National Institutes of Health (NIH), defended the CDC\u2019s decision not to do contact tracing on the seven passengers who already flew back several weeks ago, and insisted the agency is following its protocols.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Acting CDC Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya discussed the hantavirus outbreak during an interview on CNN\u2019s State of the Union with Jake Tapper. <span class=\"credit\">CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Medics escort a patients, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, to an ambulance after being flown to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to cause a public panic,\u201d Bhattacharya told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d on Sunday. \u201cWe want to treat it with our hantavirus protocols that were successful at containing outbreaks in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key message I want to send to your audience is that this is not COVID. This is not going to lead to the [same] kind of outbreak,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be panicking when the evidence doesn\u2019t warrant it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hantavirus, a disease commonly found in rodents, can cause nasty symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, fevers, lung issues, and more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The cruise ship MV Hondius anchors near the port of Granadilla after a hantavirus outbreak onboard. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A staggering 38% of those who get respiratory symptoms die, per the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>While hantavirus can spread from person to person, it requires close contact and is widely seen as much less contagious than the COVID-19 respiratory illness, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>An outbreak took place on the MV Hondius cruise ship, 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