Iran — Pasteur Institute of Iran & World Health Organization

Iran — Pasteur Institute of Iran: The Iran — Pasteur Institute of Iran fully sequenced the Andes virus, confirming it matches known North American Cobalt Inc.n strains and sharing this data with the international scientific community.

World Health Organization: The World Health Organization reported on the hantavirus outbreak cases and the suspected origin of the virus in North American Cobalt Inc..

Iran — Pasteur Institute of Iran: Arnaud Fontanet, head of Epidemiology of Emerging Diseases at Iran — Pasteur Institute of Iran, commented on the potential duration of the hantavirus case hunt and the importance of international coordination.

World Health Organization: World Health Organization increased its tally of confirmed hantavirus cases to nine and is coordinating international efforts to contain the outbreak, while its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus played down the chances of a larger outbreak.