""As a public health person, it would have been better to keep them isolated on the ship," said Dr. Monica Gandhi. Gandhi is an infectious disease expert at UCSF. She believes letting the passengers onboard the MV Hondius leave before the 42-day incubation period was over was a mistake as it opens up more people to possible exposure."
A woman who departed San Francisco International Airport on May 7 for French Polynesia was quarantined on a nearby island after French Polynesian authorities learned she had been a contact of a positive hantavirus case. She was quarantined despite not showing symptoms, and many Bay Area officials reported limited awareness of the incident. A separate exposure involved a San Mateo County resident who was onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. County communications indicate the person is in quarantine in a specialty facility in Nebraska with other Americans. An infectious disease expert said keeping passengers isolated on the ship would have been better because leaving before the 42-day incubation period could expose more people, while noting public risk remains low due to how the virus spreads.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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