Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says
Ther World Health Organization says it is not in the same situation as with Covid-19 because hantavirus spreads differently.
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""this is not Covid, this is not influenza, it spreads very, very differently"."
— Maria Van Kerkhove , Academic
""assesses the public health risk as low"."
— Tedros Ghebreyesus , Academic
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Ther World Health Organization says it is not in the same situation as with Covid-19 because hantavirus spreads differently.
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