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Hantavirus ‘not COVID’: WHO official

Hantavirus ‘not COVID’: WHO official

Summary

A World Health Organization (WHO) expert said hantavirus, which caused three deaths on a cruise ship, is not as dangerous or widespread as COVID-19 was during its pandemic. The official explained that hantavirus does not pose the same global health risk as the coronavirus did six years ago.

Key Facts

  • Three people died from hantavirus on a cruise ship.
  • The World Health Organization commented on the hantavirus threat.
  • WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove spoke about hantavirus at a news event.
  • She said hantavirus is not a pandemic-level threat like COVID-19.
  • COVID-19 caused a global pandemic about six years ago.
  • Hantavirus and COVID-19 are different diseases with different threat levels.
  • The current hantavirus cases do not suggest it will spread widely like COVID-19.
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