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A man in Switzerland is being treated for hantavirus after traveling on a cruise ship, and the Swiss health ministry says the risk to the public is low. The man has the Andes variant of the virus, which is typically found in South America.
A man in Switzerland is being treated for hantavirus after returning from a trip at the end of April. He contacted his GP and was immediately placed in isolation at the University Hospital Zurich, where a test confirmed he had the Andes variant of the virus. The Swiss health ministry says person-to-person transmission is rare and occurs through close contact, so it considers further cases unlikely. The Andes strain has an incubation period of two to eight weeks. The ministry has assessed the risk to the public in Switzerland as low. The case is linked to a patient who traveled on the Hondius cruise ship.
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