France's health minister announced there is no evidence of widespread hantavirus circulation in the country. Officials are reassured that the strain found on a cruise ship has likely not mutated.

France's health minister said on Tuesday that there was "no evidence" of widespread hantavirus circulation in France and that officials were "rather reassured" – although not completely certain – that the strain identified on the MV Hondius cruise ​ship ‌had not mutated.