New suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain and remote Tristan da Cunha

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New suspected cases of hantavirus have emerged in Spain and Tristan da Cunha, linked to an outbreak originating from a luxury cruise ship. While there are concerns about the spread, public health officials assert that the overall risk remains low.

Two new suspected cases of hantavirus were ⁠reported on Friday, one in Spain and the other on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, as experts race to contain an outbreak that began on a luxury cruise ship. The announcements in locations thousands of kilometres (miles) apart will fuel concern about a cluster of cases so far associated with three deaths – though the World Health Organization has repeatedly said the risk to the wider public is low and the virus does not transmit...