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Brit in hospital with hantavirus in South Africa ‘improving’ as more test positive
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne viruses that can infect people and cause illness
Hantavirus in South Africa
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South Africa provides update on British man hospitalised with hantavirus
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South Africa·Florence woman in quarantine after hantavirus exposure | Florence Daily News
The precautionary measures follow an international health alert linked to a passenger from the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, who later died of hantavirus in South Africa.
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South Africa·Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations
ECDC was notified on 2 May 2026 by the Netherlands via the European Union (EU) Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) about a cluster of unknown disease with severe respiratory symptoms on a cruise ship in the South Atlantic, operating under a Dutch flag. There were 149 people on board from 23 different nationalities, including nine EU/EEA Member States: Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. At the time, two people had died and one had been me
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