New suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain and remote Tristan da Cunha
Alicante, SpainConfidence 85%2 affected3 weeks ago
Two new suspected hantavirus cases have been reported: a woman in Alicante, Spain, linked to a previous case from the MV Hondius cruise ship, and a British man on Tristan da Cunha. Health authorities are tracing contacts, and WHO assesses the public risk as low.
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- PrimaryNew suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain and remote Tristan da Cunha
tbsnews.net · 2026-05-09
A 32-year-old woman in Alicante, Spain, developed symptoms consistent with hantavirus after briefly being on a plane behind a Dutch woman who contracted the virus on the MV Hondius cruise ship and later died in Johannesburg. Spanish health authorities are tracing her contacts. Separately, a British man was suspected of having the disease on Tristan da Cunha. The WHO maintains that the risk to the wider public is low.
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