Hantavirus Update: Argentina's Hot Spot For Antarctic Cruises Insists It Didn't Cause Outbreak - NDTV
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Officials in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province dispute claims that the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship originated there, suggesting other Argentine provinces or central Patagonia as more likely sources.
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ndtv.com · 2026-06-03
Officials in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province are challenging claims that the deadly hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship originated there. They are advocating for investigations to focus on other Argentine provinces that passengers visited before boarding the vessel. Local authorities in Ushuaia, the main gateway to Antarctica, insist the virus did not come from a local trash heap, which national health authorities had suggested as a likely source. Juan Facundo Petrina, the province's director of epidemiology, stated that Tierra del Fuego has no recorded history of hantavir
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