Covid-19

The WHO Director-General calls for calm amid the hantavirus outbreak: "It is not another COVID and the risk is low"

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has sent a direct message to the population of Tenerife following the arrival of the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak. In an unusual communication, specifically addressed to the island's citizens, he has asked for calm...

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Hantavirus vaccine: what is known about developments in Asia and why there is no approved general immunization

The emergence of several cases of hantavirus linked to a cruise ship has reactivated searches about this disease and has caused a wave of alarmist messages on social media. Among the most repeated doubts is a specific question: whether or not there is a vaccine against this virus. The short answer...

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Hantavirus and coronavirus: the WHO and epidemiologists lower the alarm and reject comparisons

The hantavirus outbreak detected on the cruise ship Hondius has caused international concern and numerous comparisons with the coronavirus pandemic. However, epidemiologists and health officials insist that both scenarios are very different and recall that hantavirus does not present a transmission capacity comparable to that of covid-19. The World Health Organization...

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Covid-19

The WHO Director-General calls for calm amid the hantavirus outbreak: "It is not another COVID and the risk is low"

Hantavirus vaccine: what is known about developments in Asia and why there is no approved general immunization

Hantavirus and coronavirus: the WHO and epidemiologists lower the alarm and reject comparisons

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