Argentina tourist hotspot denies causing hantavirus outbreak | BBC News - YouTube
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The Argentinian city of Ushuaia denies being the origin of a hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, which has caused three deaths among six confirmed cases. Officials are investigating, suggesting exposure likely occurred in northern Patagonian provinces.
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bbc.com · 2026-06-03
The Argentinian city of Ushuaia is denying suggestions that it is the origin of the hantavirus outbreak on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius. Three people have died from the outbreak, including two of the six confirmed hantavirus cases. Local officials in Ushuaia, the southernmost city from which the cruise departed on April 1, are investigating the source of the virus. While some reports pointed to a landfill where tourists birdwatch, authorities state that Ushuaia has no history of hantavirus cases. The most plausible scenario is that tourists were exposed to the virus two to four weeks before t
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