Argentina’s Hot Spot for Antarctic Cruises Insists It Didn’t Cause the Hantavirus Outbreak
Juan Petrina said the incubation period and timeline make infection in Ushuaia unlikely, as investigators trace the source of the fatal hantavirus case.
- On Friday, Tierra del Fuego epidemiology director Juan Facundo Petrina stated there is an "almost zero" chance the Dutch man contracted hantavirus in Ushuaia, challenging national origin theories.
- National health authorities dispatched Malbran Institute experts on Wednesday to trap and test rats at an Ushuaia landfill, yet provincial officials argue the Andes strain has not been detected in Tierra del Fuego since 1996.
- The Dutch couple spent 48 hours in the city before sailing, Petrina noted, and the one-to-six-week incubation period makes infection in Ushuaia highly unlikely compared to other regions they visited.
- Former provincial health minister Rubén Rafael warned that associating the destination with a lethal virus could cause tourism reservations to plummet, as officials allege a broader pattern of government opacity.
- While national investigators have yet to arrive despite the announcement, independent epidemiologists point to central Patagonia as the likely outbreak source, where the Andes variant is more prevalent.
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Hantavirus Update: Argentina's Hot Spot For Antarctic Cruises Insists It Didn't Cause Outbreak
Officials in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the idea that the ongoing deadly hantavirus outbreak may have emerged there, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces that passengers visited before board
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Argentina's hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn't cause the hantavirus outbreak
Argentina’s tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — is reacting angrily to the idea that the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine pr
Argentina's hot spot for cruises insists it didn't cause the hantavirus outbreak
Argentina’s tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — is reacting angrily to the idea that the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory, pushing instea...
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