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Minnesota health department monitoring 1 who may have been exposed to hantavirus overseas
The Minnesota Department of Health said Tuesday afternoon that it is monitoring a person who was potentially exposed to someone who tested positive for hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
The department said in a statement that the person they're monitoring was overseas when they were possibly exposed to the individual who tested positive. The person in Minnesota does not have any symptoms, according to the department.
The risk to the public remains very low, the department emphasized.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/hantavirus-minnesota-department-of-health-monitoring/