The hantavirus outbreak continues to generate international concern. Recently, France and the United States have confirmed new positive cases, increasing vigilance over the virus's spread.
In France, a passenger evacuated from the Hondius cruise ship, who showed symptoms compatible with the disease, has tested positive. The French Minister of Health, Stéphanie Rist, reported on radio France Inter that the woman's health condition worsened overnight, and she is currently admitted to a hospital specializing in infectious diseases. The minister warned about the seriousness of the situation, indicating that the worsening prognosis could put the patient's life at risk.
“"The worsening health prognoses of affected individuals can put the patient's life at risk, and she warns that “this could be the case for this person."
Concurrently, the United States Department of Health has announced that one of the seventeen repatriated individuals who were aboard the same cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the virus via PCR. Another person is experiencing mild symptoms, according to US authorities.
In contrast to these new positives, in Catalonia, the woman who was admitted and isolated at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona due to close contact with a person who died of hantavirus in South Africa, has tested negative for the virus via PCR. The Department of Health has confirmed that, despite the negative result, the patient will remain in the isolation unit of the hospital in the Catalan capital as a precautionary measure.
