WHO Ends Cruise-Linked Hantavirus Outbreak After 13 Infections and 3 Deaths
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 2
WHO Ends Cruise-Linked Hantavirus Outbreak After 13 Infections and 3 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 2
Summary
The World Health Organization said the cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak is over after the last identified contact finished quarantine and tested negative.
The outbreak infected 13 people and killed three, with cases tied to the Andes virus — a rare hantavirus strain that usually circulates in Argentina and Chile.
MV Hondius had departed Argentina on April 1, and no further transmission was identified before the declaration ended the event.