SANTIAGO, Chile, July 30 (UPI) -- Chile's Health Ministry has issued its first-ever preventive health alert for hantavirus across 13 of the country's 16 administrative regions to strengthen the healthcare system's response to the disease's rising fatality rate and the simultaneous presence of other health risks, including dengue, yellow fever and avian influenza.

SANTIAGO, Chile, July 30 (UPI) -- Chile's Health Ministry has issued its first-ever preventive health alert for hantavirus across 13 of the country's 16 administrative regions to strengthen the healthcare system's response to the disease's rising fatality rate and the simultaneous presence of other health risks, including dengue, yellow fever and avian influenza.

SANTIAGO, Chile, July 30 (UPI) -- Chile's Health Ministry has issued its first-ever preventive health alert for hantavirus across 13 of the country's 16 administrative regions to strengthen the healthcare system's response to the disease's rising fatality rate and the simultaneous presence of other health risks, including dengue, yellow fever and avian influenza.

SANTIAGO, Chile, July 30 (UPI) -- Chile's Health Ministry has issued its first-ever preventive health alert for hantavirus across 13 of the country's 16 administrative regions to strengthen the healthcare system's response to the disease's rising fatality rate and the simultaneous presence of other health risks, including dengue, yellow fever and avian influenza.