Health authorities in Argentina announced Wednesday they will begin capturing and testing rodents in the southern port city of Ushuaia following a fatal hantavirus outbreak on a cruise vessel that departed from there.
According to a Wednesday statement from Argentina’s health ministry, officials are also working to piece together the complete travel history of Dutch passengers who visited both Argentina and Chile before developing hantavirus symptoms while aboard the cruise ship.
The investigation focuses on Ushuaia, which served as the departure point for the affected cruise vessel where the deadly virus outbreak occurred.
