Severe Clinical Cases Under Advanced Life Support in Paris

French public health authorities have confirmed that an adult female passenger, who was repatriated following the mass evacuation at Tenerife, is currently in critical condition in a Paris intensive care unit. The patient is suffering from severe Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), which has heavily compromised her lung capacity. Clinicians have placed her on ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)—an advanced artificial lung machine—as a last line of respiratory support. Genomic sequencing conducted by French laboratories confirms that the pathogen matches known South American lineages of the Andes virus (ANDV). This data strongly aligns with the primary working hypothesis that the virus was initially contracted during land excursions in South America before spreading in limited close-contact settings on board. Health ministries across Europe remain on high alert, strictly monitoring repatriated individuals under home quarantine.