Hantavirus Investigation in Italy: A New Health Challenge

Italy's leading infectious diseases hospital announced plans Tuesday to examine biological samples from a quarantined man exposed to a woman who succumbed to Hantavirus.

The ANSA news agency initially reported that the 25-year-old man from Calabria was hospitalized. He was in brief contact with the woman on a flight from Johannesburg.

However, the hospital clarified that they await the samples for analysis. Linked to a recent expedition ship, MV Hondius, WHO confirmed nine cases and observed that more might emerge but ruled out a pandemic.

(With inputs from agencies.)