September 6, 2012
The World Health Organization is the latest agency to weigh in on the recent hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park, issuing an advisory about the rare disease that has killed two and sickened four.
Issued Tuesday though the agency's "global alert and response network," the notification summarizes the Yosemite outbreak and advises travelers to "avoid exposure to rodents and their excreta."
The agency also sent several tweets about hantavirus Wednesday.
"If you stayed in the Signature Tent Cabins in Yosemite National Park, USA, since June 2012 & have #Hantavirus symptoms, see a doctor," read one message.
"Doctors, if you have patients with #Hantavirus symptoms, ask for their travel history," read another.
The tweets came the same day Dr. David Wong, an epidemiologist with the National Park Service's Office of Public Health, confirmed to The Times that U.S. health authorities had notified 39 other countries whose citizens may be at risk for hantavirus aft....
The World Health Organization is the latest agency to weigh in on the recent hantavirus outbreak in Yosemite National Park, issuing an advisory about the rare disease that has killed two and sickened four.
