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US Content Creator Among 18 Americans in Quarantine After Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise

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Jake Rosmarin, a 30-year-old content creator from Boston, is among 18 Americans under observation for hantavirus after an outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the South Atlantic, where 3 people died and 11 fell ill.

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