Hantavirus Outbreak Is Not the Start of an Epidemic: WHO

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The WHO has stated that the recent hantavirus outbreak should not be viewed as the beginning of an epidemic. The virus, which primarily affects rodents, raises health concerns but the organization reassures that it isn't comparable to COVID-19.

Hantaviruses are a group of zoonotic viruses that naturally infect rodents and are occasionally transmitted to humans. These pathogens belong to ...