Explainer: Can hantavirus outbreak become Covid 2.0?
Health authorities are urgently tracing passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship following a hantavirus outbreak that has claimed three lives.
The Andes strain, capable of human-to-human transmission, was identified, prompting isolation and contact tracing.
While not comparable to COVID-19, the virus requires close contact to spread.
Hantavirus outbreak reaches Canada
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