The Italian Ministry of Health believes that the risk of hantavirus spreading in Europe remains very low, the Agi news agency reported on Wednesday. A deadly hantavirus outbreak occurred on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, which was en route from Argentina to Cape Verde.
Three people died. The ship arrived in the Canary Islands on Saturday and the passengers were evacuated.
On Tuesday, the WHO reported 11 cases of hantavirus, nine of which were confirmed as Andean virus.
"The risk associated with this virus remains very low in Europe and, therefore, in Italy," the agency quoted a representative of the Italian Ministry of Health as saying.
