A luxury cruise liner bound for Spain has been embroiled in a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives, with eight additional passengers presumed to have contracted the pathogen. Emergency medical evacuation operations were conducted to remove three critically afflicted individuals from the vessel amid mounting public health concerns.
Authorities have implemented rigorous epidemiological surveillance protocols for all passengers and crew. Hantavirus, transmitted via contact with infected rodent populations or their excreta, poses a significant biological hazard in confined maritime environments. The vessel's arrival in Spain will facilitate advanced medical intervention and comprehensive quarantine procedures in accordance with international health mandates.
Sources: japantimes.co.jp
The words in bold are from the article.
| 1. embroiled | a. directives |
| 2. claimed | b. waste |
| 3. presumed | c. procedures |
| 4. pathogen | d. disease-tracking |
| 5. afflicted | e. microorganism |
| 6. epidemiological | f. propagated |
| 7. protocols | g. assumed |
| 8. transmitted | h. stricken |
| 9. excreta | i. exacted |
| 10. mandates | j. entangled |
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