WHO declares cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak officially over
Key takeaways
- WHO declares cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak over as final exposed individual completes quarantine and tests negative.
- The outbreak, which infected 13 people and killed three, involved the rare Andes hantavirus strain that typically circulates in Argentina and Chile.
- Therefore, WHO considers the hantavirus outbreak over,” he added.
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WHO declares cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak over as final exposed individual completes quarantine and tests negative.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Seynabou Diop works in a laboratory in Dakar, Senegal where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April outbreak [File: Ricci Shryock/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026The World Health Organization has declared the hantavirus outbreak over after the last identified contact of an exposed person linked to a cruise ship completed quarantine and tested negative for the virus.
The outbreak, which infected 13 people and killed three, involved the rare Andes hantavirus strain that typically circulates in Argentina and Chile. The cruise ship Hondius sailed from Argentina on April 1.