The surprising reason this country is facing a rise in Hantavirus cases

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A drone view shows ships docked in the port, as Juan Petrina, director of epidemiology and environmental health for Tierra del Fuego province, said that patients on a luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak could not have been infected in Argentina's southernmost Tierra del Fuego province, in Ushuaia, Argentina May 8, 2026. REUTERS/Horacio Soria
Hantavirus cases have surged over the last year in Argentina, the origin of the stricken MV Hondius ship (Picture: Reuters)

On April 1, the MV Hondius cruise left the port of Ushuaia in southern Argentina.

The vessel has since grabbed attention all over the world following an outbreak of hantavirus, a rare disease typically transmitted from the faeces of infected rodents.

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