Two people in Finland placed in hantavirus quarantine - Helsinki Times
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Two Finnish citizens were placed in quarantine after potential hantavirus exposure on an international flight, with health authorities assessing the risk in Finland as very low.
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helsinkitimes.fi · 2026-06-01
Two Finnish citizens have been placed under a 42-day quarantine after potential exposure to the Andes strain of hantavirus during an international flight on April 25. The flight was from Johannesburg to Amsterdam, and an infected traveler who later died was briefly on board. Finnish health authorities confirmed the exposed passengers remain asymptomatic, and the risk of infection in Finland is considered very low. Finland has classified the Andes strain as a generally hazardous communicable disease.
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