US cruise ship passenger tests positive for hantavirus

A Spanish passenger is sprayed with disinfectant
Passengers wore hazmat suits, masks and respirators before being sprayed with disinfectant. -AP

One of the 17 Americans ‌being repatriated from a hantavirus-struck luxury cruise ship in the Canary Islands has tested mildly positive for the Andes ‌strain of the virus while a second has mild symptoms. 

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