No Cases In US Yet, But Additional Air Passenger In Spain Now Has Hantavirus, After Being Seated Near Another Case...

Anyone who was seated withing three rows of the Hantivirus passenger who flew to Joberg, SA -- and then died. . . needs to be contacted, and tested. . . and possibly isolated.

So far -- no one in the three US states of Arizona, California and Georgia (where all US passengers landed into) have shown symptoms -- but they too are being monitored by health authorities. Here's the latest:

. . .More details have emerged about the latest suspected case of hantavirus, announced by the Spanish health minister on Friday afternoon.

According to Reuters, Spain’s Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla told reporters that the woman was a passenger on the same flight as a patient who died in Johannesburg after traveling on the cruise ship and contracting the virus.

Padilla said the pair were seated two rows apart and that contact between them was brief.

The woman’s symptoms were described as coughing and fatigue. Padilla said that she was now isolating in a hospital and authorities were tracking down people she had come into contact with. . . .

“The Dutch flight attendant on the flight, who had reported symptoms and was tested, has tested negative for hantavirus,” WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said at a briefing Friday. “So that’s very good news. . . .”

Now you know -- flying back out of the high mountains mid-morning tomorrow. Grin. . . do be careful in your Summer / Fall European jet travels. Onward.

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