Possible hantavirus case under investigation in upstate New York; no connection to deadly cruise ship outbreak

A "suspected" hantavirus lawsuit successful upstate New York is being investigated, according to the Ontario County Public Health Department (OCPHD) based successful Canandaigua.

The section announced successful a Facebook station Thursday that it is presently "investigating a suspected locally acquired hantavirus case."

"There is NO transportation to the cruise vessel outbreak, and determination is nary hazard to the wide public," OCPHD officials wrote.

The probe comes arsenic planetary wellness officials proceed monitoring a uncommon hantavirus outbreak tied to the MV Hondius luxury cruise vessel that has sickened aggregate passengers and unit members and near 3 radical dead.

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As of May 13, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 11 hantavirus cases had been identified successful transportation with the cruise outbreak, including 8 confirmed cases, 2 probable cases and 1 inconclusive case. Three deaths person besides been linked to the outbreak.

Health officials person emphasized that hantavirus infections stay uncommon and that the hazard to the wide nationalist is low.

Human-to-human transmission of hantavirus is considered highly uncommon and has lone been suspected successful definite strains, including the Andes hantavirus strain linked to the cruise vessel outbreak.

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A rider wearing a look disguise and bluish protective gown gives a thumbs up wrong a autobus aft disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise vessel MV Hondius astatine the larboard of Granadilla successful Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, connected May 10. (Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)

"Hantavirus infections are uncommon successful New York," the OCPHD said. "The microorganism is dispersed done rodent and rodent droppings, particularly erstwhile urine, feces, oregon nesting materials go aerosolized during cleaning."

The OCPHD urged residents to instrumentality precautions erstwhile cleaning enclosed spaces wherever rodents whitethorn beryllium present, including wearing gloves and masks erstwhile opening oregon cleaning attics, cabins, sheds and garages.

The OCPHD and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

REPORTED HANTAVIRUS PROTOCOL BREACH AT HOSPITAL FORCES 12 EMPLOYEES INTO 6-WEEK QUARANTINE

A 3D illustration shows the operation of hantavirus, an RNA microorganism transmitted to humans done rodent excreta that tin origin terrible illnesses including hemorrhagic fever, renal illness and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. (iStock)

The cruise vessel outbreak has prompted heightened precautions internationally.

In the Netherlands, Radboud University Medical Center quarantined 12 unit members aft officials said a hantavirus patient’s humor and urine were not handled nether the strictest planetary protocols required for the circumstantial microorganism strain.

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Hospital officials said the hazard of corruption to unit remained debased but called the quarantine a precautionary measure.

The outbreak aboard the MV Hondius began aft a Dutch cruise vessel carrying 147 passengers and unit departed Argentina connected April 1 for a South Atlantic voyage.

According to the WHO, investigators judge the archetypal corruption whitethorn person stemmed from rodent vulnerability during birdwatching excursions earlier boarding the ship.

Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu contributed to this report.