Overview
- Health authorities confirmed the infection after a sample taken in France tested positive for the Andes hantavirus, with French labs notifying partners on Thursday.
- The patient is a Franco‑Argentine tourist who developed only mild symptoms, is now asymptomatic, and is isolated with family in private accommodation in Galicia.
- French investigators estimate the person may have been contagious roughly between July 18 and 28 and say anyone with prolonged, very close contact should be traced and monitored.
- Spain’s CCAES and Galicia public‑health teams are coordinating with French authorities on cross‑border contact tracing and advising home isolation for close contacts rather than broad community measures.
- Officials stress the risk to the general population is low, the case is treated as an isolated import, UATAN high‑level isolation was not activated, and no link has been found to the earlier MV Hondius outbreak.