Tens of thousands of people in Yosemite National Park may be infected with hantavirus

> Tens of thousands of people in Yosemite National Park may be infected with hantavirus. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that tens of thousands of people in Northern California’s Yosemite National Park (Yos…

> Tens of thousands of people in Yosemite National Park may be infected with hantavirus. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that in Yosemite National Park in Northern California (Yosemite National Park), tens of thousands of people may be infected with hantavirus. Tens of thousands of visitors to Yosemite Park may have been exposed to the deadly hantavirus this summer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged visitors who stayed in tent houses at Yosemite Park from June to August and developed symptoms related to hantavirus infections to get lab tests and doctors to report the cases to the state health department. A popular destination for family vacations across the country, Yosemite’s tent cabins are creating a public health crisis: Two tourists have died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, and four other sick tourists are expected to recover. Most of the victims were at the popular ‘Signature Tent Cabins’ under investigation. ) accommodation. The CDC says about 10,000 people who stayed in tent houses overnight between June 10 and August 24 developed pneumonia-like symptoms for about six weeks. Yosemite officials closed all 91 tent houses last week after discovering the virus-carrying deer mice, which dig pencil-rubber-sized holes in the ground and make nests in walls. Park authorities said Friday that they had contacted about 3,000 groups of tourists and advised them to seek medical attention immediately if they showed symptoms of hantavirus. Yosemite, which welcomes nearly 4 million visitors from around the world each year, is considering whether to issue a warning to foreign countries as well. Symptoms of the disease can appear six weeks after infection. The mortality rate is as high as 30%, and there is no specific treatment for human-to-human transmission.