In Switzerland, the patient was diagnosed with the most dangerous type of hantavirus

One of the most dangerous varieties of Hantavirus, the Andes virus, was detected in a patient in Switzerland, it can spread between people, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Confederation announced on Wednesday.

⠀

On Wednesday, the Cabinet of Ministers announced that one case of hantavirus infection had been identified in the country.

⠀

“A test conducted in the laboratory of the Geneva University Hospital has confirmed a positive result for hantavirus. In particular, this is the Andean virus, hantavirus, found in South America. Unlike European hantaviruses transmitted through the excrement of infected rodents, transmission of the American variant of hantavirus is possible from person to person,” the cabinet said.