WHO says hantavirus outbreak not the start of another pandemic

The hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Cape Verde is not the start of another pandemic, officials from the World Health Organisation said on Thursday (May 7).

"This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a COVID-19 pandemic. This is an outbreak that we see on a ship," said Ms Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic prevention at WHO.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that contact-tracing efforts are ongoing and while more cases may be reported, they have assessed that the public health risk is low. #hantavirus

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