'There are always blind spots in contact tracing' - Epidemiologist on hantavirus | DW News

Fri, 08 May 2026 05:21:45 +0000

A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship - and dozens of potentially exposed passengers on board are now spread around the world. Officials need to track them down - but how do they do that? Epidemiologist Professor Anne Rimoin from the UCLA School of Public Health explains the race to find passengers potentially exposed to a rare but sometimes deadly hantavirus strain – and if comparisons to COVID-19 stack up.

Chapter Breakdown:
0:00 Deadly virus outbreak on cruiseship – how are officials tracking the spread?
0:57 MV Hondius’ route
1:14 Anne Rimoin, infectious diseases expert, Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health, on why hantavirus is different from Covid-19
2:37 How are cases which are spread across the world traced?
4:32 How is a timeline of the outbreak established? Is it possible to trace everyone who came into contact with the virus?
6:05 Statement from passenger from the hansa-stricken cruise ship
6:58 Was this a missed opportunity to contain the spread?
8:09 What tools or data are used to track the spread of viruses?
10:34 Strain of hantavirus has a six-week incubation period
12:11 Dr. Abdirahman Mahamud, WHO, Director of Alert and Response's statement on why he does not anticipate a widespread epidemic
13:02 Role of international coordination

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