Effective quarantine of exposed individuals is essential. Hesitation by WHO and national public health agencies to take the kinds of actions that stopped the outbreak in #Epuyén raise the risk of a much larger spread.
https://whn.global/newsletter/the-current-andes-hantavirus-situation-in-argentina-may-2026/

The Current Andes Hantavirus Situation in Argentina (May 2026) - WHN
May 14, 2026 Authors: Ifrah Ahmad, Yaneer Bar-Yam Figure: The well-studied 2018–2019 Andes hantavirus outbreak in Epuyén, Argentina [7] resulted in 34 cases and 11 deaths associated with superspreader events in a town of only 1,749 people located in the rural Andes mountain foothills (red arrows). Recent spread of Andes virus cases into Buenos Aires … Continued







