2026-05-15 20:32:39 UTC / 路透社
作者：艾哈迈德·阿布勒埃宁与迈克尔·厄尔曼
2026年5月15日 美国东部时间晚8:32 UTC 更新，距发稿已过去3小时
2026年5月10日，西班牙加那利群岛特内里费南部机场，一艘载有美国乘客的邮轮“洪迪乌斯号”（受汉坦病毒疫情影响）的巴士停靠在飞往美国的客机旁。路透社/博尔哈·苏亚雷斯 版权授权使用
华盛顿5月15日路透电 —— 美国一名高级卫生官员周五表示，白宫与卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪每日都会听取关于美国应对本月一艘豪华邮轮上安第斯型汉坦病毒疫情的简报，此次疫情已造成邮轮上三人死亡。
美国疾病控制与预防中心代理主任杰伊·巴塔查里亚表示，美国境内尚未报告任何病例，普通民众面临的感染风险仍然极低。
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目前有41名美国居民正接受感染监测，其中18人是邮轮乘客，且在疫情被发现前已返回美国。他们目前正在内布拉斯加州与亚特兰大接受隔离。
部分公共卫生科学家批评美国政府对此次汉坦病毒疫情的初步应对行动迟缓。肯尼迪此前也曾因应对麻疹疫情不力遭到批评。
“部长与白宫一样，每日都会收到详细的疫情通报，我也参与了其中数次简报。我可以直接告诉大家，双方都在极其密切地关注此次疫情，”同时兼任美国国立卫生研究院院长的巴塔查里亚在媒体电话会上对记者表示。
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美国疾控中心汉坦病毒疫情应对事件负责人戴维·菲特尔博士表示，疾控中心已发布针对潜在暴露人员的识别与监测指南。
菲特尔称，4月6日首例感染者发病至5月10日最后一名乘客下船期间登船的人员，属于高风险人群。
他补充说，其他高风险接触者包括报告称与汉坦病毒感染者或其体液有密切接触的人员，以及在航空旅行期间与感染者座位距离过近的人员。
“我想再次强调，安第斯型病毒并不容易传播，”他指出，该病毒仅通过密切且长期的接触传播。
他表示，高风险接触者应居家隔离，限制与他人接触长达六周。他们应与所在州卫生部门协调必要出行计划，并在出现症状时立即做好自我隔离准备。
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Acting CDC chief says White House and Kennedy getting daily hantavirus updates
2026-05-15 20:32:39 UTC / Reuters
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman
May 15, 2026 8:32 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago
A bus with U.S. passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, parks near a plane bound for the United States at Tenerife Sud airport, Canary Islands, Spain, May 10, 2026. REUTERS/Borja Suarez Purchase Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) – The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are receiving daily briefings on the U.S. response to an Andes hantavirus outbreak that killed three people aboard a luxury cruise ship this month, a top health official said on Friday.
No cases have been reported in the United States and the risk to the general public remains very low, said U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Jay Bhattacharya.
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Forty-one U.S. residents are being monitored for possible infection, 18 of whom were passengers on the ship and returned to the United States before the outbreak was identified. They are now quarantined in Nebraska and Atlanta.
Some public health scientists have criticized the initial U.S. response to the hantavirus outbreak as sluggish. Kennedy has also drawn criticism previously for his handling of a measles outbreak.
“The Secretary is getting daily detailed updates, as is the White House, and I’ve participated in several of those. I can tell you firsthand, they’re both following this outbreak very, very closely,” Bhattacharya, who is also director of the National Institutes of Health, told reporters on a media call.
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The CDC issued guidance for identifying and monitoring people with potential exposure, said Dr. David Fitter, the incident manager for the agency’s hantavirus response.
A person is considered high risk if they were on the ship between April 6, when the first person got sick, and May 10, when the last person disembarked, Fitter said.
Other high-risk contacts include those who reported close contact exposure to a person sick with hantavirus or their bodily fluids, or were seated in close proximity to a person sick with the virus during air travel, he said.
“I want to reinforce that Andes virus does not transmit easily,” he said, noting that it was spread through close, prolonged contact.
High-risk contacts should stay home and limit contact with others for six weeks, he said. They should also coordinate any essential travel with their state health department and be ready to self-isolate immediately if they start developing symptoms.
Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein in Washington and Michael Erman in New York; Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu in Washington; Editing by Edmund Klamann
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