contacts

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As a precaution, vaccinations have been offered to people identified as close contacts of confirmed cases.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Swiss officials are rushing to trace the contacts of a man who has been hospitalized in Zurich with a strain of the hantavirus that is capable of human-to-human transmission.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

South Africa says efforts to trace all contacts remain underway.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Limited human-to-human transmission, among close contacts, has been documented for just one species: Andes virus, found in South America.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Neighbouring bands probably competed for resources and even fought one another, but they also had friendly contacts.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari