{"id":1963,"date":"2026-05-13T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/al-roker-asked-to-test-for-hantavirus-after-attending-daughters-paris-wedding\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:12:41","slug":"al-roker-asked-to-test-for-hantavirus-after-attending-daughters-paris-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/al-roker-asked-to-test-for-hantavirus-after-attending-daughters-paris-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Roker asked to test for hantavirus after attending daughter&#8217;s Paris wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127645150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Al Roker revealed that he was asked to be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/12\/world-news\/who-says-more-hantavirus-cases-likely-but-no-sign-of-widespread-outbreak\/\">tested for hantavirus<\/a> after leaving Paris following his daughter Leila\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was coming from Europe this weekend from my daughter\u2019s wedding, and the CDC was asking people to voluntarily test,\u201d the famed weathercaster said on the \u201cToday\u201d show Tuesday as the anchors discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/03\/07\/celebrity-news\/what-is-hantavirus-pulmunary-syndrome-betsy-arakawa-cause-of-death\/\">rare fatal respiratory disease<\/a> transmitted to humans through contact with infected wild rodents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they didn\u2019t say for what, so I just wonder if it was a precaution here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Al Roker (seen above) said he was asked to voluntarily test for hantavirus following a trip overseas. <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cToday\u201d show anchor was traveling from Europe, where he attended his daughter Leila\u2019s wedding. (Pictured: Roker, Leila and other people at her bridal shower.) <span class=\"credit\">leilaroker\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Roker did not disclose whether he underwent any testing, however.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist\u2019s second daughter, Leila, tied the knot with her longtime beau, Sylvain Gricourt, in France on <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/10\/photos\/inside-hollywoods-mothers-day-celebrations-sweet-tributes-throwbacks-and-family-photos\/\">Mother\u2019s Day weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The French professional proposed in March 2025 while the couple was on a surprise trip to Venice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe CDC was asking people to voluntarily test,\u201d the famed weathercaster (seen above with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb) said on the \u201cToday\u201d show Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Roker (seen above with Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin) did not reveal if he consented to a test. <span class=\"credit\">Virginia Sherwood\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Roker is dad to daughter Courtney, 39, whom he shared with his\u00a0late ex-wife, Alice Bell; and daughter Leila, 27, and son Nick, 23, whom he welcomed with wife Deborah Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently taking precautions to prevent hantavirus from spreading further as Americans travel abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were infected with the deadly disease during a trip on the MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship that departed Argentina and had plans to visit Antarctica and several isolated islands in the South Atlantic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Roker\u2019s daughter, Leila (pictured right), wed Sylvain Gricourt (pictured left) on Mother\u2019s Day weekend. <span class=\"credit\">leilaroker\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Roker (far left) shares daughter Leila (far right) and son Nick (pictured second from right) with wife Deborah Roberts (pictured second from left). He is also a dad to daughter Courtney from a previous marriage. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Adapt Community Network<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far, three deaths have been reported in connection with the ship, including a German passenger and a Dutch couple.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that it expects more cases of hantavirus to emerge in the days and weeks ahead, but assured there are no indications of a wider outbreak on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect more cases given the dynamics of spread on a ship and the virus\u2019 incubation period,\u201d the UN agency <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WHO\/status\/2054207705452020119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on\u00a0X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Several people died from an hantavirus outbreak  during a trip on the MV Hondius (seen above). <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The cruise passengers (seen above) have been advised to quarantine at home or in a facility for 42 days. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The passengers aboard the MV Hondius have been advised to quarantine at home or in a facility for 42 days starting from the day of departure from the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Hantavirus is the same disease that killed Gene Hackman\u2019s wife,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/who-was-gene-hackman-wife-betsy-arakawa\/\">Betsy Arakawa<\/a>, in February 2025. He was also found dead near her body, though his cause of death was severe heart disease.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/13\/celebrity-news\/al-roker-asked-to-test-for-hantavirus-after-attending-daughters-paris-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Roker revealed that he was asked to be tested for hantavirus after leaving Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127645150.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}