Hantavirus: Surveillance has been activated in Italy for four tourists who were on a flight with a victim.
The passenger who later died in South Africa was on the plane. Four regions were informed, and the WHO stated, "The risk of contagion is low."Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
The Ministry of Health has activated "active surveillance" on four passengers who were on board a connecting KLM flight to Rome. A woman who had been on board the MV Hondius for a few minutes had boarded the flight, and was later hospitalized in Johannesburg, where she died from Hantavirus.
The contact details of the four, a statement emphasizes, have been acquired and the information forwarded to the relevant regions: Calabria, Campania, Tuscany, and Veneto , so that surveillance could be activated "with the utmost caution."
The risk of contagion, however, is very low, the ministry specifies : "The assessments shared internationally by the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control currently indicate a low risk for the general population worldwide and very low in Europe."
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(Unioneonline)