- An inmate at California's San Quentin Rehabilitation Center has a possible case of hantavirus, confirmed by prison officials on Wednesday.
- The 38-year-old inmate is in stable condition, and no other potential hantavirus cases have been identified among the facility's more than 3,000 inmates.
- Prison officials do not believe the virus was spread person-to-person and have not announced a quarantine, as common forms of hantavirus are typically transmitted through contaminated rodent droppings.
- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is a rare but serious condition with a 30 to 40 percent mortality rate, for which there is no antiviral treatment.
- The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stated that the health and safety of the incarcerated population and staff remain its top priority.
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