2 New Jersey residents monitored for hantavirus after coming into contact with cruise ship passenger

A pair of New Jersey residents may have been exposed to hantavirus after possibly coming into contact with passengers of the Dutch cruise ship at the center of the deadly outbreak.

Follow the latest updates on the hantavirus outbreak stemming from the MV Hondius cruise ship

The two Garden State residents were not passengers on the ship, but may have come into contact passengers while traveling abroad, ABC 7 reported.

Those individuals have not exhibited symptoms and it is unclear if they have contracted the virus.

Here’s the latest on the deadly hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch cruise ship:

• Health officials think they’ve tracked down source of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
• Unnerving photo shows suspected hantavirus patient evacuated from MV Hondius cruise — as 1 ex-passenger tests positive in Switzerland
• Hantavirus outbreak spreads to Europe after MV Hondius cruise passenger tests positive back home
• The ‘concerning’ truth about the hantavirus cruise outbreak — and how long passengers may actually need to isolate

Health officials said there is no apparent threat to the public.

Three people have died of hantavirus tied to the cruise ship and several others are being monitored for infections.