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infected people might have the opportunity to pass on the virus before any symptoms become apparent. For this reason, the WHO is putting together an international co-ordinated response, particularly in tracing those who left
symptoms. Georgia's public health department said two residents were being monitored and were in good health, showing no signs of infection. Arizona's health department said one resident who was being monitored
hantavirus](/news/2026/5/4/what-is-hantavirus-suspected-in-deaths-of-three-people-on-cruise-ship) outbreak linked to a cruise ship, with a new suspected case identified among a British national on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. The UK Health Security Agency confirmed
infections mandatory after the 1996 cases. “Since then, there have always been cases and outbreaks … but nothing has really changed.” Since July last year, Argentina has recorded 101 hantavirus cases, with 32 deaths; in previous
symptoms can appear up to eight weeks after exposure, "the passengers could have been incubating the disease if they acquired it within the country or elsewhere in the world," Juan Facundo Petrina, director of epidemiology
hantavirus, which has killed three people on the ship.  The ship will remain
infected rodents, their urine, droppings or saliva. The strain of hantavirus detected on the Dutch-flagged cruise ship is the Andes virus. It has been found in Latin America and is the only hantavirus known
hantavirus was between one and six weeks, leading the WHO to believe that the Dutch couple, who had been travelling in Argentina before boarding the cruise, “were infected off the ship”. Other cases may also
infection is low ahead of the arrival of a cruise ship on which an outbreak of hantavirus occurred. Tedros Ghebreyesus stressed that "this is not another Covid" and that there were no symptomatic passengers currently
hantavirus outbreak since it departed from Argentina a month ago. Spanish authorities have given permission for the ship to dock in the Canary Islands, despite concerns from local officials. [About 150 people are still aboard
symptoms of hantavirus, a disease primarily found in rodents, is understood to be improving. The passenger was medically evacuated on 27 April to Johannesburg, and remains in intensive care. The UK prime minister said