Two cruise ship evacuees tested positive for hantavirus after an outbreak on the MV Hondius, triggering a surge in biotech and vaccine stocks as investors hedge pandemic risk. Moderna, Novavax, and Inovio are seeing pre-market spikes on vaccine-development narratives.

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