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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

Three dead, six ill with mystery pneumonia ‘very similar to Covid’ in Argentina

The Ministry of Public Health of Tucuman, Argentina

Three people have died this week in Argentina due to pneumonia of unknown origin, local health authorities have said. Six others have been infected as experts ruled out Covid-19, influenza, and hantavirus as causative agents.

Luis Medina Ruiz, the minister of public health of the Tucuman province, northwest Argentina, reported the death of a 70-year-old patient and the identification of three employees of the medical facility with symptoms.

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