Hantavirus Outbreak Triggers Analysis in Ushuaia

The Argentine health ministry is conducting rodent trapping and analysis in Ushuaia, linked to a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship. Officials are retracing the steps of Dutch citizens who showed hantavirus symptoms after traveling in Argentina and Chile while on the cruise.

The health ministry of Argentina announced that it would initiate rodent trapping and analysis in the city of Ushuaia following a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

The southern city, known as the cruise's origin point, is under scrutiny as officials determine how the virus may have spread among passengers.

Authorities are actively retracing the routes taken by Dutch citizens who later displayed hantavirus symptoms, having traveled between Argentina and Chile.