Western Cape hantavirus test returns negative after exposure scare

Western Cape hantavirus test returns negative after exposure scare

The Health Department says test results for a Western Cape resident who was tested for hantavirus last week have returned negative.   The individual was one of four people from the province who travelled on the same Airlink flight as the Dutch woman who later died in Johannesburg from hantavirus-related complications in late April.   Ten passengers on the flight are from Gauteng, with one displaying symptoms. The test results from this individua…