Dutch man likely didn't contract hantavirus in Ushuaia, official says

An official from Argentina's provincial health department indicated that there is an "almost zero" likelihood that a Dutch man who succumbed to hantavirus contracted it in Ushuaia. Juan Petrina, the epidemiology director for Tierra del Fuego province, reached this conclusion based on the virus's incubation period. The man and his wife, who were passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship, both died from the virus. They boarded the vessel in Ushuaia on April 1 after a 48-hour stay in the city. The man began exhibiting symptoms on April 6 while still at sea. The World Health Organization states that hantavirus incubation can last from one to six weeks, making infection in Ushuaia improbable given the brief duration.