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Investigators tell AP a couple on cruise ship possibly got hantavirus while bird-watching in Argentina

May 06, 2026

Two Argentine officials investigating the origins of the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise that sailed from southern Argentina say the government’s leading hypothesis is that a couple contracted the virus during a bird-watching outing before boarding the ship. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

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