French Hantavirus Patient Is Critically Ill, on an Artificial Lung as Total Cases Grow to 11

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An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. AP Photo/Michel EulerPARIS—A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed.Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.

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