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American woman quarantining on Pitcairn Island following possible Hantavirus exposure on MV Hondius cruise ship

This story just gets crazier.

From what I can piece together (see https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific_french-polynesia/594933/hantavirus-contact-case-quarantined-in-pitcairn-after-short-transit-in-tahiti ), an American woman left the Hondius in St Helena on April 24th and then traveled in the following weeks to Pitcairn Island in the Pacific (via South Africa, San Francisco, Tahiti and Mangareva). Because of the possible exposure, she is now isolating/quarantining on Pitcairn.

Must be a country counter.

Also, what do you think it says about our world today that a Hantavirus outbreak on a ship in the South Atlantic could possibly reach Pitcairn in the South Pacific (an island with 35 to 50 residents) in under a month. So now, not only the most isolated South Atlantic Islands (Tristan da Cunha and St Helena), but also one of the most isolated South Pacific islands (Pitcairn) is now dealing with this outbreak in under a month

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