Overview
- The adolescent from Cerro Centinela died Tuesday after intensive care at Hospital Zonal de Esquel, provincial health officials said.
- She had been under epidemiological surveillance for about a month as a close contact in a household outbreak first reported on March 2 in a 57-year-old woman.
- Authorities report the teenager did not add external close contacts beyond the family group that was already isolated and monitored.
- Chubut’s Health Secretariat activated protocols, expanded field teams in Cerro Centinela and Esquel, and urged identified contacts to follow medical instructions.
- Hantavirus mainly spreads from wild rodents through inhaled particles from urine, feces, or saliva, and Argentina’s 2025 fatality rate of 33.6% led the national Health Ministry to prioritize case follow-up and issue wider alerts.