Tag: Hantavirus outbreak

• Friday, April 18th 2025 - 18:19 UTC

  Epidemic protocols enacted in Argentine Patagonia after 2 hantavirus deaths

  

  Two deaths from hantavirus in Argentine Patagonia, one in San Martín de los Andes, in the province of Neuquén, and another near Epuyén, in the province of Chubut, have raised alarms among health authorities, leading to the isolation of the victims' close contacts while upping preventive measures.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Hantavirus outbreak in Argentine Patagonia: WHO news alert

  

  At least eleven people have died in Argentina after becoming infected with hantavirus, a disease carried by rats and other rodents, according to a news alert from the World Health Organization (WHO).