There is “no sign” of a larger hantavirus outbreak after the evacuation of the last passengers from a
Experts say the transmission of hantavirus between humans is so rare that a pandemic is nearly ‘impossible’.
The situation could still change and there might be more confirmed cases, warns the head of the World Health Organisation.
Hantavirus is usually spread by rodents but can in rare cases be transmitted person to person.
WHO chief says Hantavirus outbreak ‘is not COVID’
The incident has drawn comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic.
US President Donald Trump says a hantavirus cruise ship cluster is ‘under very good control.’
Canada has officially lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades, following a year-long outbreak that the country failed to control, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) announced on Monday. This development also means that the Americas region has lost its measles-free designation, though individual countries retain their status.…