Reuters reports that two new cases of hantavirus have been found in Europe.
The agency clarifies that they were registered on Friday, May 8. The first case was registered in a Spanish woman, and the second in the Tristan da Cunha islands in the South Atlantic.
The article provides details only about the first patient. The resident of Spain was admitted to the hospital with "slight respiratory symptoms". He should have been tested for hantavirus. No details were provided about the second patient.
"Nevertheless, this case clearly shows how widely infectious diseases can spread in the modern age of travel," Reuters notes.
