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Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
Academic
WHO official discussing hantavirus transmission.
Notable Quotes
"We do believe that there may be some human-to-human transmission that is happening among the really close contacts."View Story →
"This is not the start of an epidemic. This is not the start of a pandemic. This is not Covid."View Story →
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