France reports first hantavirus case

 A French woman who was evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, tested positive for hantavirus, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist (pictured) said in an interview with France Inter radio on Monday.

Four other French passengers from the same ship tested negative, but will remain isolated and undergo another test in a couple of days, the minister explained. She added that 22 contact cases were identified in France, stressing that they were instructed to self-isolate and contact the health authorities.

Rist insisted that the main goal now is to break transmission chains. "We know that if we can get people to self-quarantine, we can break these chains of transmission. That's the challenge we're facing right now," she said.

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