Transport minister Creecy says her department is working with health officials to monitor hantavirus cases [SOUND]

# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says they are working with the Health Department to track and monitor possible hantavirus cases in South Africa. This follows the death of three people linked to the Dutch MV Hondius cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, including a passenger who collapsed at OR Tambo International. The Health Department is monitoring four possible contact cases in the Western Cape. Creecy says the country is prepared to deal with hantavirus cases: