There is an “almost zero” chance that the Dutch man linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship contracted the disease in the Argentine port of Ushuaia, a provincial health official said on Friday. Juan Petrina, director of epidemiology for Tierra del Fuego province, where Ushuaia is located, told reporters that his assessment was based on the virus’s incubation period, among other factors. The Dutch man and his wife, both of whom died of the virus, boarded the Hondius in...

En ö i södra Argentina pekas ut som ”ground zero” för hantavirusutbrottet. Men uppgifterna avvisas av provinsens generaldirektör för epidemiologi och miljöhälsa. – Vi har aldrig tidigare registrerat fall av hantavirus, säger Juan Facundo Petrina, till BBC .