News of ship

Argentina protests UK warship movement near Malvinas, hours after World Cup clash

15-07-2026 22:53 Statement of protest published online, just hours after Argentina's players held up a banner reading “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” on the pitch in Atlanta, a move that could land them in hot water with FIFA.

Hantavirus scare

Experts: Hantavirus detected in Tierra del Fuego, but no link to cruise outbreak

29-06-2026 16:14 Experts detect hantavirus in rodents captured in Tierra del Fuego Province, although the strain differs from the one responsible for the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

No hantavirus found in Mendoza Province after tests, says Health Ministry

12-06-2026 16:54 Hantavirus probe in western Mendoza Province did not find any virus-carrying rodents, announces Argentina's Health Ministry.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Argentina to expand hantavirus search to Mendoza Province

05-06-2026 19:49 Specialists from Argentina, joined by experts from the United States, will extend rodent analysis to Mendoza.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Researchers collect rodents near Ushuaia for hantavirus tests

19-05-2026 16:14 Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Ushuaia begin laying first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease.

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Scientists head south for hantavirus fact-finding probe

14-05-2026 15:05 Experts to investigate whether there is hantavirus circulating in Ushuaia from next week; Results expected in four weeks.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Health body investigating hantavirus hit by fresh Milei budget cuts

14-05-2026 00:23 President Javier Milei’s government has reduced funding for the ANLIS-Malbrán Institute, the epidemiological body tasked with investigating whether hantavirus is present in Argentina.

HEALTH

WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreak

14-05-2026 00:10 Eight people infected in hantavirus outbreak aboard MV Hondius cruise ship have tested positive for Andes virus; 'No indication' strain of hantavirus has mutated, says EU agency.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Ushuaia tries to shrug off hantavirus suspicions

12-05-2026 15:03 Ushuaia, Argentina's city "at the end of the world," is labouring under suspicion of being the source of the deadly hantavirus outbreak

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Hantavirus outbreak renews painful memories for Patagonian village

11-05-2026 13:46 A 2018 outbreak of hantavirus in the small Patagonian town of Epuyén led to 34 cases and 11 fatalities.

Hantavirus scare

Health official: 'Almost zero' chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Ushuaia

08-05-2026 18:03 Tierra del Fuego epidemiology director Juan Petrina says that the likelihood that the Dutch man linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship contracted the disease in the port city of Ushuaia is "almost zero.”

HEALTH

Health Ministry says experts will travel to Ushuaia to test rodents for hantavirus

06-05-2026 18:35 Argentina to send experts to Ushuaia to investigate possible hantavirus in rodents in wake of cruise ship tragedy.

HEALTH & SOCIETY

No hantavirus outbreak in Argentina, only isolated cases, says expert

06-05-2026 17:17 Argentina's Health Ministry recorded 42 cases of hantavirus this year, and 101 this epidemiological year, but the risks of an outbreak are extremely rare.

CRUISE SHIP DRAMA

Expert: ‘Unlikely’ cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated in Ushuaia

05-05-2026 15:52 A health expert in southern Tierra del Fuego Province says it’s “unlikely” that the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship originated in Ushuaia, from where the vessel departed.

Cruise ship tragedy

Race to find port for cruise ship battling deadly rodent virus

05-05-2026 12:39 So far, two hantavirus cases have been confirmed – including in one of the fatalities – with five further suspected cases among the 147 passengers and crew.

CRUISE SHIP DISASTER

'Low' risk to public of hantavirus after cruise ship deaths, WHO says

04-05-2026 14:19 Suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship presents a low risk to the public, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Cruise ship terror

Three die from suspected hantavirus on Atlantic cruise ship that departed from Ushuaia

03-05-2026 21:55 Three people have died on a cruise ship travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde, one from a confirmed case of hantavirus.

TROUBLE DOWN SOUTH

Governor cries foul as Milei puts Ushuaia port under trusteeship

28-01-2026 23:05 Tierra del Fuego Governor Gustavo Melella links move to “geopolitical factors”; Operating licence suspended and port placed under trusteeship for year as federal agency cites mismanagement at country’s southernmost port.

ARGENTINA

Argentina intervenes at Ushuaia port amid funds misuse probe

26-01-2026 18:03 Operating licence suspended and port placed under trusteeship for a year as federal agency cites diversion of revenues, safety risks and chronic underinvestment at country’s southernmost port.

MPOX VIRUS FEARS

Health authorities in Argentina order quarantine ship over mpox virus fears

21-08-2024 12:20 Crew-member of vessel flying Liberian flag reported to have symptoms compatible with the mpox disease; In accordance with protocol, ship has been quarantined at Santa Fe Province port of San Lorenzo.

News of ship

Argentina protests UK warship movement near Malvinas, hours after World Cup clash

Experts: Hantavirus detected in Tierra del Fuego, but no link to cruise outbreak

No hantavirus found in Mendoza Province after tests, says Health Ministry

Argentina to expand hantavirus search to Mendoza Province

Researchers collect rodents near Ushuaia for hantavirus tests

Scientists head south for hantavirus fact-finding probe

Health body investigating hantavirus hit by fresh Milei budget cuts

WHO confirms eight cases of Andes hantavirus in outbreak

Ushuaia tries to shrug off hantavirus suspicions

Hantavirus outbreak renews painful memories for Patagonian village

Health official: 'Almost zero' chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Ushuaia

Health Ministry says experts will travel to Ushuaia to test rodents for hantavirus

No hantavirus outbreak in Argentina, only isolated cases, says expert

Expert: ‘Unlikely’ cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated in Ushuaia

Race to find port for cruise ship battling deadly rodent virus

'Low' risk to public of hantavirus after cruise ship deaths, WHO says

Three die from suspected hantavirus on Atlantic cruise ship that departed from Ushuaia

Governor cries foul as Milei puts Ushuaia port under trusteeship

Argentina intervenes at Ushuaia port amid funds misuse probe

Health authorities in Argentina order quarantine ship over mpox virus fears

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