Hantavirus: WHO chief says public health risk is low

The origin of the outbreak is still unknown, with the World Health Organisation saying investigations are "still under way".

A glossary to understand the terms circulating with hantavirus

News of passenger infections on the MV Hondius cruise ship emerged in early May, bringing hantaviruses into the spotlight. Here are the main scientific terms you need to know.

Chinese health authority says no need to worry about latest hantavirus outbreak

China’s health authorities have tried to address public concern about the recent hantavirus outbreak by saying there was no cause for concern. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that the country had recorded no human infections from the strain of the virus linked to the current outbreak. It is thought to have its origins in the Andes and the CDC said there were no natural hosts for that particular variant in China. “Hantavirus infections generally do no...

By Alyssa Chen

Hantavirus outbreak is deadly and unfortunate. Experts don’t think it’s the next pandemic.

It’s a “one-off situation,” according to an infectious-disease doctor. “You have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

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Hantavirus infection rare; no human-to-human transmission reported in India

The World Health Organisation on Friday also said that the risk to the general population due to hantavirus remains ‘absolutely low’

Health officials downplay pandemic risk from cruise hantavirus outbreak

Hantavirus is less transmissible than the coronavirus and doctors say it's also less adept at mutating.

WHO: Absolutely low risk of spreading the pandemic virus to the world population

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