Minsal Decrees for the First Time Health Alert for Hantavirus Between Atacama and Magallanes
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The Ministry of Health clarified that there is no epidemic, but the measure is due to the increase in lethality to 39 per cent of cases
The Ministry of Health has taken this measure in a preventive manner and also considers it a “multi-threat” for other diseases. In 2026 46 infections and 18 deaths from the virus have been reported.
The measure seeks to strengthen surveillance and the capacity to respond to the increase in the lethality of the virus.
Until last week there were 46 infections and 18 deaths, representing a lethality of 39 per cent, while in 2025 there were 44 infections and eight deaths, that is, 18 per cent lethality.
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Diario ConcepciónThis Tuesday, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) declared for the first time a health alert for hantavirus from the region of...
The Ministry of Health declared Hantavirus Health Alert, a measure that extends from the regions of Atacama to that of Magallanes and will be in force until July 31, 2027. The decree, adopted for the first time and published in the Official Journal, also considers a situation of “health multi-threat” when presented simultaneously with other risks such as arbovirosis (diseases transmitted by zancudos such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow f…
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