CDC monitoring 41 people for hantavirus in U.S.
The CDC says that 41 people are currently being monitored for hantavirus in the United States.
Those individuals include passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the outbreak, who have been repatriated, plus those who left the ship before the outbreak was identified and others who may have been exposed to someone with the disease while traveling.
The WHO says there are 11 hantavirus cases around the world, including three people who died.
The CDC says there are no confirmed cases in the U.S. and the risk to the public remains low.
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