Urgent: Human-to-human transmissible Andes strain detected in two hantavirus cases in South Africa-Xinhua

Urgent: Human-to-human transmissible Andes strain detected in two hantavirus cases in South Africa

Source: Xinhua

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2026-05-06 15:59:15

CAPE TOWN, May 6 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has detected the human-to-human transmissible Andes strain in two hantavirus cases in the country who disembarked from a cruise ship linked to an outbreak of the disease, according to the health minister's presentation to parliament on Wednesday.