Will Australia confirm a hantavirus death by September 1?
Australia has no endemic hantavirus but is a major cruise tourism market. Any case would likely be travel-associated. The Department of Health monitors via CDNA.
Resolves YES if the Australian Government Department of Health confirms at least one death attributed to hantavirus (any species) before 2026-09-01 23:59 UTC.
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cited: Australian Department of Health CDNA reports
Resolution sources · 3
RSS at /rss-feeds/disease-outbreak-news.xml. Filter items containing 'hantavirus' or DON#599. Each item links to a permalink with structured 'Situation at a glance' / 'Epidemiology' / 'WHO risk assessment' sections — scrape with cheerio.
Wire-grade source; resolves the NYT/major-media markets.
Cheap sentiment + earliest-mover for translated regional press. Run a dedup hash on titles + canonical URL.
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