Epidemiologist in Argentina's southernmost town rejects 'smear campaign' over hantavirus outbreak

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(8 May 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++PART MUTE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Ushuaia, Argentina - 08 May 2026 1. Aerial shot of Ushuaia ++MUTE++ 2. Street scene 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Facundo Petrina, Ushuaia’s Director of Epidemiology: "These are the cases of Hantavirus we have had in our province. I included data from 2000, but I can provide data for all previous years as well. The graph is not incorrect; this is the line for Ushuaia, Río Grande, Tolhuin, showing zero cases of hantavirus. Up until