PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus – Americas (04): Argentina (CH)

Hantavirus — Argentina
The Ministry of Health in Chubut province confirmed 3 more deaths from [a] hantavirus [infection] on [9 Jan 2019], meaning the current death toll from the outbreak has reached 9 people.
Those who lost their lives were 2 women and a 16-year-old, reported La Nación, all of whom were being treated in Esquel hospital [Chubut]. One of the women was the daughter and sister of 2 people who have already died from the outbreak which started in the small town of Epuyen, near the Chilean border.