3 more Washingtonians monitored for hantavirus exposure

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Now here in Washington, three more people are now being monitored for possible exposure to hantavirus. One person lives in King County, another two in Eastern Washington. Health officials say they boarded a plane with an ill passenger who later tested positive. So that's now six people in our state are being monitored for the virus. Two other King County residents were on that same flight, and a third was actually on the ship. None of the Washington residents has tested positive, but they are being monitored for symptoms.