The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the hantavirus outbreak as a “Level 3” threat and activated its Emergency Operations Centers, according to a report.
The risk to the public remains low, but epidemiologists, scientists, and physicians may be reassigned to monitor and assist with the disease response, several sources told ABC News Thursday.
By activating the Emergency Operations Centers, it means that there is a team ready to support whatever response may be necessary.
Many small natural disasters in the US tend to involve Level 3 responses under the CDC’s Emergency Management Program.
President Trump said he has been briefed on the hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch-flagged ship MV Hondius, which is en-route to the Canary Islands and expected to arrive Saturday.
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