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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17846840528061784684050493.png" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">This 1994 handout photo from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) obtained on May 6, 2026, shows a photograph taken through a microscope of a liver tissue specimen that was extracted from a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) patient. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/AFP</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>At least three people in Venezuela died after contracting hantavirus, the health ministry said Tuesday, as it ruled out human-to-human transmission of the rare disease.</p><p>There is no specific treatment for the respiratory virus that is typically spread by rodents and far less commonly between people.</p><p>Three people with a &quot;confirmed hantavirus diagnosis&quot; died in the northeastern state of Anzoategui, Venezuela&#x27;s health ministry stated, adding that &quot;there is no scientific evidence of human-to-human transmission in our country.&quot;</p><p>The ministry also rejected the idea of a link between the hantavirus fatalities and the deaths of two medical workers in the western state of Barinas -- the cause of which remains undetermined.</p><p>&quot;Any connection between the reported situations has been ruled out,&quot; it stressed.</p><p>A<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/7/3/who-declares-cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak-over-0932"> hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship</a> in April triggered a global health scare. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/7/3/who-declares-cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak-over-0932">WHO declares cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over </a></div><p>Three people aboard the MV Hondius died of the disease.</p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak officially over in early July.</p><p>The ship had set sail on April 1 from Argentina, where the Andes strain of the virus -- the only type known to spread between humans -- is endemic in some regions.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/5/8/doh-monitoring-preparations-in-place-for-hantavirus-1117">DOH: Monitoring, preparations in place for hantavirus </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/5/8/hantavirus-not-like-covid-doctor-treating-patient-in-netherlands-0724">Hantavirus not like Covid: doctor treating patient in Netherlands </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/5/5/what-is-hantavirus-and-can-it-spread-between-humans-0926">What is hantavirus, and can it spread between humans? </a></div>

<p>At least three people in Venezuela died after contracting hantavirus, the health ministry said Tuesday, as it ruled out human-to-human transmission of the rare disease. </p>

At least three people in Venezuela died after contracting hantavirus, the health ministry said Tuesday, as it ruled out human-to-human transmission of the rare disease.

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Hantavirus kills three in Venezuela

Agence France-Presse

Published July 22, 2026 09:38 AM PHT

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