Health Alerts

Eleven people from the NW province of Jujuy (municipalities of San Pedro, Palma Sola, Libertador General San Martín and Calilegua) have been found to have contracted hantavirus; most acquired the infection after coming into contact with aerosolised virus shed by the vector, a species of wild mouse, while hunting or fishing. Despite the current case count representing an increase of more than half compared to last year, it is a substantial reduction on figures from two decades ago. Also in the region, eight hantavirus infections have been recorded among rural workers in Bolivia’s central department of Cochabamba with one death resulting. Read more.