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Argentina to test rodents at origin point of hantavirus-hit cruise ship

By Thomson Reuters May 6, 2026 | 2:59 PM

By Leila Miller

BUENOS AIRES, May 6 (Reuters) – Argentina’s ​health ministry ‌will carry out rodent trapping and analysis in ‌the ​southern ⁠city of ⁠Ushuaia, the origin point of a cruise ship ​hit by a deadly ⁠hantavirus ⁠outbreak, it ​said in a ​statement on Wednesday.

Officials are ‌always reconstructing the itinerary of Dutch ⁠citizens who traveled in Argentina and ⁠Chile ‌and later ⁠presented symptoms ​of ‌hantavirus on ​the cruise, ⁠the statement said.

(Reporting by Leila Miller; editing by Cassandra ​Garrison)