{"id":354344,"date":"2026-05-07T11:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-on-its-way-to-the-canary-islands"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:24:50","slug":"hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-on-its-way-to-the-canary-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-on-its-way-to-the-canary-islands","title":{"rendered":"Hantavirus reside updates: MV Hondius on its solution to the Canary Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"


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World Health Organization epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said Wednesday that the current hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius is not the same as the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

“I want to be unequivocal here. This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a COVID pandemic,” Van Kerkhove said. “This is an outbreak that we see on a ship.”<\/p>\n

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WHO epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention chief Maria Van Kerkhove speaking regarding hantavirus cases at the WHO heaquarters in Geneva, May 4, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Van Kerkhove further noted that hantavirus doesn’t spread in the same way coronaviruses do, but rather requires “close, intimate contact.”<\/p>\n

Anais Legand with the WHO said that a ship makes \u201ca very specific environment\u201d for transmission, but that there was no indication that there is something unusual about the virus.<\/p>\n

-ABC News’ Joseph Simonetti and Zoe Magee<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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