As of May 9, 2026, Chile has reported 41 confirmed hantavirus cases and 14 deaths, corresponding to a case fatality rate of 34 per 1,000 deaths (%) \u2013 compared to 18 per 1,000 deaths during the same period in 2025. Cases have been reported from the area between Valpara\u00edso and Ays\u00e9n, with the highest incidence rates recorded in the Ays\u00e9n, Los R\u00edos, and \u00d1uble regions. Three further cases are currently under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consequences for travelers<\/strong> Chile hat bis zum 09.05.2026) 41 best\u00e4tigte Hantavirus-F\u00e4lle und 14 Todesf\u00e4lle gemeldet; dies entspricht einer Fallsterblichkeitsrate von 34 % \u2013 im Vergleich zu 18 % im gleichen Zeitraum des Jahres 2025. F\u00e4lle wurden aus dem Gebiet von Valpara\u00edso bis Ays\u00e9n gemeldet, wobei die h\u00f6chsten Inzidenzraten in den Regionen Ays\u00e9n, Los R\u00edos und \u00d1uble verzeichnet wurden. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1378883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1378883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378884,"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378883\/revisions\/1378884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1378883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1378883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frauengesundheit-frankfurt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1378883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Avoid contact with rodents and their droppings (wear a mask and gloves when handling dead or sick animals and when cleaning contaminated surfaces). When camping or ecotourism, keep tents and cabins closed to prevent rodents from entering, and store your food in airtight containers to protect it from contamination.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"