Chile & South Africa

Chile: Chile is mentioned as a location where the first two victims participated in a bird-watching expedition, a known habitat for virus-carrying rodents.

South Africa: South Africa received some of the ill passengers from the MV Hondius, including one who tested positive for hantavirus and another who died after disembarking. Its health department is conducting contact tracing.

Chile: Chile ranks as the second most spammed country globally, with debt collection calls accounting for 38% of spam, the highest concentration of a single category worldwide.

South Africa: South Africa is mentioned as an African country with 30% of unknown calls flagged as spam.

Chile: The Dutch couple who died from hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship traveled in Chile before boarding the ship, making it a potential location of infection.

South Africa: Argentina is sending genetic material and testing equipment to South Africa to help detect the Andes virus.

Chile: Chile, a left-wing Latin American country, made similar moves to Bolivia's previous government by recalling its ambassador to Israel.

South Africa: South Africa initiated a genocide case against Israel before the United Nations' highest judicial body, which some Latin American countries joined.