France is working urgently to break the chain of Hantavirus transmission, identifying 22 close contacts who will be quarantined. The government is holding daily crisis meetings to combat the virus.

Across France there's a race against time to break the chain of Hantavirus transmission. Twenty-two close contacts with the virus have been identified. They will all be placed in quarantine. One of these identified close contacts is set to be hospitalised in Rennes, in the west of France. To combat the virus, the government has announced that it will hold two crisis meetings a day.