Acting CDC director on hantavirus: ‘This is not COVID’

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The Acting CDC Director addressed concerns over the hantavirus, emphasizing that it is not related to COVID-19 amidst a recent outbreak on a cruise ship. This communication aims to clarify the situation and provide accurate health information.

Acting Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya said Sunday that hantavirus “is not COVID,” comments that come after an outbreak of the virus on a Dutch cruise ship. “We’ve been communicating the last week as the — as the sort of the, the press attention has picked up more with the public, as…