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Hantavirus: Viennese Was Infected in the Plane

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A Viennese woman was in a plane with a woman infected with the hantavirus and is now considered a low-risk contact person. The Ministry of Health informed about this on Wednesday. The municipal health service (MA 15) is in exchange with the man that the risk of contagion is minimal.
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As the Ministry of Health informed on Wednesday, the Austrian, who was in the same plane as a person infected with the hantavirus, is a Viennese. A man from Vienna was briefly on a plane with a woman infected with the hantavirus and is now regarded as a contact person. However, he is only regarded as a "low risk contact person", according to the Ministry of Health. The municipal health service (MA 15) is in exchange with the person concerned tha…

A Viennese woman was in a plane with a woman infected with the hantavirus and is now considered a low-risk contact person. The Ministry of Health informed about this on Wednesday. The municipal health service (MA 15) is in exchange with the man that the risk of contagion is minimal.

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According to the Ministry of Health, the man had been on board far away. He is now considered a low-risk contact person and has no symptoms.

An Austrian man briefly shared a plane with a woman infected with the hantavirus and is now considered a low-risk contact. The Ministry of Health announced this in a press release on Wednesday. The woman was already seriously ill at the time, which is why the crew decided she could not fly. The Dutch woman died shortly afterward in Johannesburg. It is considered extremely unlikely that the Austrian man contracted the virus. He is not showing any…

An international hantavirus outbreak employs the local authorities after an Austrian sat on the same aircraft as an infected woman for a short time. The patient died shortly afterwards in Johannesburg, which is why the Ministry of Health now regards the man as a contact person. However, the risk of an actual infection is assessed as extremely low.

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SALZBURG24 broke the news on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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