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        "msgid": "deputy-health-minister-hantavirus-in-indonesia-not-like-the-variant-on-the-cruise-ship-1778608528",
        "date": "2026-05-12 21:28:42",
        "title": "Deputy Health Minister: Hantavirus in Indonesia not like the variant on the cruise ship",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, has confirmed that the 23 cases of Hantavirus detected since 2023 are the mild \"Hanta Fever Renal Syndrome\" variant, with a low fatality rate of about 15%, unlike the highly lethal \"Pulmonary Syndrome\" variant seen on the MV Hondius cruise ship. Due to similar symptoms with leptospirosis, the Ministry of Health is now mandating dual testing for suspected leptospirosis patients to detect Hantavirus, transmitted via rodents in flood-prone areas with poor sanitation. While assuring that the outbreak poses no danger akin to COVID-19, Dante withheld specific case locations citing medical confidentiality, and noted that human-to-human transmission remains unconfirmed by the WHO.",
        "content": "<p>Bandung (ANTARA) - Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono\nhas assured that the 23 cases of Hantavirus found in Indonesia since\n2023 are a mild variant and do not carry the deadly fatality rate seen\non the MV Hondius cruise ship.<\/p>\n<p>Dante explained that of the two Hantavirus variants worldwide,\nIndonesia has only detected the \u201cHanta Fever Renal Syndrome\u201d type with a\nlow mortality rate of around 15 per cent, far below the \u201cPulmonary\nSyndrome\u201d variant whose fatality rate reaches 60-80 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Indonesia, we have found 23 cases since 2023, but all are the\nmild \u2018Hanta Fever Renal Syndrome\u2019. The Hantavirus like the one found on\nthe cruise ship has not yet entered Indonesia,\u201d said Dante at the West\nJava Health Office building in Bandung on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He elaborated that the transmission pattern of this virus is similar\nto leptospirosis, namely through rodent intermediaries such as rats,\nespecially in post-flood environmental conditions with poor\nsanitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we are making a policy that all suspected leptospirosis cases\nmust also be tested for Hantavirus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Although assuring that this outbreak is not dangerous like the\nCOVID-19 pandemic, Dante declined to detail the distribution of the 23\ncases, citing medical data confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, it\u2019s not dangerous. Cases are in several areas, but because this\nis confidential data, we are still keeping it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuman-to-human transmission where there were deaths\u2014that has not yet\nbeen confirmed by the WHO. The three deaths on the cruise ship are still\nunder investigation,\u201d Dante added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/deputy-health-minister-hantavirus-in-indonesia-not-like-the-variant-on-the-cruise-ship-1778608528",
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