Hantavirus: What DMV residents need to know as Virginia monitors cruise ship passenger

Local health officials say the risk to the community is low, but urge residents to practice good hygiene around any rodent activity

WASHINGTON — At least one Virginia resident who was aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly international hantavirus outbreak is being monitored at home tonight — and local health officials say while the risk to DMV residents is low, this is not a situation anyone in public health is taking lightly.

Seventeen Americans who were aboard the MV Hondius, a Dutch expedition cruise ship that departed Argentina on April 1, arrived at

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