Rome, Italy. A 25-year-old Italian man from Calabria has been placed in quarantine and is being transferred to Rome’s Spallanzani infectious disease hospital for testing after travelling on a KLM flight with a woman who later died from a hantavirus infection, ANSA reported on Tuesday.
Quarantine and testing in Italy
The man, from the southern region of Calabria, was quarantined and is being transferred to Spallanzani infectious disease hospital in Rome for testing, according to ANSA.
WHO comments on outbreak risk
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was no sign of a larger outbreak getting under way, though he did not rule out further cases. Speaking to reporters in Madrid alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Tedros said the long incubation period meant more cases could be seen in the coming weeks.
France cites unknowns
France’s Health Minister said there were still unknowns surrounding the virus, including whether it had mutated.
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