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Urgent: Human-to-human transmissible Andes strain detected in two hantavirus cases in South Africa

Urgent: Human-to-human transmissible Andes strain detected in two hantavirus cases in South Africa

Xinhua
06 May 2026, 13:45 GMT+

CAPE TOWN, May 6 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has detected the human-to-human transmissible Andes strain in two hantavirus cases in the country who disembarked from a cruise ship linked to an outbreak of the disease, according to the health minister's presentation to parliament on Wednesday.

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