WHO Says Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak Not A Pandemic Threat

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The World Health Organization has confirmed that a hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship is not a pandemic threat. Only a small number of cases have been documented, and they are not similar in scale to COVID-19.

WHO said the outbreak is not comparable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cases have been linked to the Andes strain of hantavirus, a rare variant ...