French woman battling hantavirus is critically ill and on an artificial lung
Key takeaways
- Issued on: 13/05/2026 - 08:06Modified: 13/05/2026 - 08:25
- The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, nine of which have been confirmed.
- Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.
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A French woman repatriated from the cruise ship struck by hantavirus is in intensive care and being treated with an artificial lung, doctors at a Paris hospital said Tuesday as the country's health minister said there was "no evidence" of widespread circulation of the rare virus.
Issued on: 13/05/2026 - 08:06Modified: 13/05/2026 - 08:25
By: FRANCE 24 Journalists outside Bichat Hospital in Paris, where the French patient repatriated from the hantavirus-hit ship is being treated. © Abdul Saboor, Reuters A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, nine of which have been confirmed.