3 Italians (KL592 cohort: Campania + Tuscany + Veneto-cleared)

The Italian Ministry of Health formally set the active surveillance window at 42 days from last exposure (April 25), meaning the group's release-from-quarantine date is approximately June 6. Italian Health Minister Schillaci publicly confirmed all four Italian contacts had tested negative and described the national risk as 'very low,' noting the rodent reservoir species for this virus is not present in Italy. Carmine Carbone, head of the Naples Sud regional health authority, reiterated on May 12 that the 24-year-old sailor from Torre del Greco - under a mayoral 45-day order - remains symptom-free with daily temperature and respiratory checks. He has not been swabbed because international guidance does not recommend testing for symptom-free contacts

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[Created 2026-05-12] Italian KL592 flight-contact cohort under Italian Ministry of Health active surveillance, dispatched to regional authorities for monitoring after MVH-002 (Dutch widow, deceased) was identified as having flown on the same Johannesburg-Amsterdam leg April 25 2026

one 24-year-old sailor from Torre del Greco (Campania) in 45-day mandatory quarantine per mayoral order; one Tuscany contact under regional surveillance; one Veneto contact who has tested NEGATIVE per Ansa May 12 reporting. Of the four total Italian KL592 contacts the Ministry identified, the symptomatic Calabrian sailor is tracked separately as IT-CAL-001 (suspected_case). The Italian Ministry assessed the infection risk for the four Italians on KL592 as 'very low' given they did not have close or prolonged contact with the index patient

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