Italy Says Suspected Hantavirus Case Is Negative, Easing Worries

A 25-year-old man placed in isolation in Italy tested negative for hantavirus, easing concerns about transmission on a flight that briefly hosted an infected Dutch woman.

The man, from the southern region of Calabria, spent some time close to the Dutch passenger on a KLM flight in late April, according to Italian media. The woman died the next day. Rome’s Spallanzani hospital ran the tests on the Italian man.