Donald Trump says he “hopes” Hantravirus can be put under control. BBC: Scientists are currently working to create hantavirus vaccine

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8 weeks to stop the spread.

Experts suggest this mind-boggling quarantine period for MV Hondius passengers facing terrifying hantavirus outbreak

Distraught passengers onboard the stranded MV Hondius could face quarantine for up to eight weeks, a health expert warned Tuesday – as officials scrambled to contain a deadly hantavirus outbreak on the cruise liner.

“I’m sure people are isolated or quarantined in their rooms or cabins, but unfortunately, that quarantine period can take up to eight weeks,” New Jersey-based emergency medicine physician Sampson Davis told The Post. “The virus usually has a quick onset, but it can linger up to about eight weeks before it has an impact.”

BBC: Scientists working to create hantavirus vaccine

An international team of scientists is working to create a vaccine against a virus suspected of killing three people on a cruise ship in the Atlantic.

The MV Hondius set sail from Argentina last month, with three cases of hantavirus, typically spread by rodents, since confirmed on the ship and more suspected.

Chemist Professor Asel Sartbaeva, from the University of Bath, is part of the team involving experts in the United States and South Africa currently working on a vaccine.

“Obviously, developing a vaccine would be amazing because then we can prevent instances of this disease happening or at least mitigate the really bad consequences of the infection,” she said.

In its latest update, the WHO said eight cases of hantavirus – three confirmed and five suspected – have so far been identified in people who were on the ship.

The origin of the outbreak is still unknown and it is not known if people other than passengers from the ship have been infected.