Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Disembark, Mideast Attacks, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Monica Ricks. The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak has started the process of disembarking passengers in Spain's Canary Islands almost a month after that virus broke out on board. Ship Minister Monica Garcia called the operation unprecedented, requiring cooperation from 23 countries, including the U.S.
All the passengers remain asymptomatic. The entire operation is proceeding normally. And as I said, the first to disembark will be the Spanish citizens.
17 Americans are among the 147 passengers and crew members on that ship. They'll be flown back to the U.S. soon, where they'll be monitored at a facility in Nebraska. As for a possible outbreak here, Dr. Ashish Jha tells Bloomberg that risk remains very low and there's no rush to develop a vaccine.
Eventually, we need to go through, you know, kind of large clinical trials. There aren't that many people getting infected with this. So you're not going to see those trials. So it's not anywhere near primetime. But the good news is, I don't think we need it right now. I mean, we should develop it. Obviously, if it becomes a bigger outbreak, we should study it much more closely. But for most people, this is not going to be an issue. We're not going to be getting hantavirus vaccines anytime soon.
Moderna says it's working on a vaccine, but that process is still in very early stages. As the U.S. continues waiting for Iran to respond to President Trump's latest proposal to end the war, Qatar's defense ministry says a commercial cargo ship coming from Abu Dhabi has been attacked in their waters by drones. No one was injured, but crew members did have to put out a small fire sparked by the attack. Meantime, Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes across Lebanon where dozens of people have died despite a ceasefire between them. The Israeli military says it was targeting Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and launch sites. The United Arab Emirates says it also intercepted two Iranian drones. President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week to discuss a trade framework that could include commodities such as Boeing aircraft, soybeans and rare earths, as well as export controls on AI semiconductors.
U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer says Iran will also be a big focus.
Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, and anyone who's buying oil from Iran is contributing to that. We're looking for stability with China. We don't want this to be something that derails the broader relationship or any agreements that might come out of our meeting in Beijing.
The two leaders are expected to extend last year's trade truce. And this comes as China's exports increase in April as Chinese companies rush to fulfill orders and stockpile AI components amid fears that this war in Iran could push global costs even higher. Florists are getting hit by rising fuel costs due to the war in Iran and continued tariffs on imported flowers.
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