Seven kilometers from downtown Ushuaia, the municipal landfill serving Argentina's southernmost city has become one of the focal points of the epidemiological investigation into the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. Health teams are searching the site for traces of infected rodents. The landfill is frequented by birdwatchers from around the world, drawn by species such as the white-throated caracara, a scavenger bird endemic to the region.

The Falkland Islands Government issued an official statement on Tuesday confirming that it is closely monitoring the hantavirus outbreak aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius —…

L'hantavirus sarebbe arrivato a bordo della nave Hondius dopo un'escursione di birdwatching fatta da una coppia in una discarica. Lo scrive l'Ap citando due funzionari argentini…

L'hantavirus sarebbe arrivato a bordo della nave Hondius dopo un'escursione di birdwatching fatta da una coppia in una discarica. Lo scrive l'Ap citando due funzionari argentini…

Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region

Funzionari ed esperti argentini stanno cercando di capire se il loro Paese sia all'origine dell'epidemia di Hantavirus che ha colpit...

Seven kilometers from downtown Ushuaia, the municipal landfill serving Argentina's southernmost city has become one of the focal points of the epidemiological investigation into…

La pareja holandesa que tuvo los primeros síntomas recorrió Argentina, Chile y Uruguay antes de embarcarse en el ‘MV Hondius’

The world has watched the news of deaths and evacuations anxiously, and those still onboard MV Hondius face a wary reception in the Canary Islands

The BBC visits the city of Ushuaia, where heath officials have been sent to investigate the origins of the outbreak.