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Hantavirus unlikely to spread through casual contact, doctor says
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5:20Now PlayingHealth officials are conducting contact tracing to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to a cruise passenger who became ill or died during a hantavirus outbreak. Dr. Leigh Vinocur tells “NewsNation Live” the virus does not spread easily from person to person. She noted transmission typically requires close or intimate contact and is not something you would catch from casual encounters, such as walking past someone in a grocery store who coughs.
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