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Hantavirus doesn't have 'pandemic potential,' says health official. Why those fears remain
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Public health officials state that hantavirus does not pose pandemic risk despite human-to-human transmission being rare, yet a cruise ship exposure incident has revived public pandemic anxiety.
Hantavirus doesn't have 'pandemic potential,' says health official. Why those fears remain
Public health officials have been clear that the hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID-19. But despite reassurances from experts in Canada and abroad that the vuris is not easily transmissible between humans, news of the passengers exposed on the MV Hondius cruise ship has triggered memories of the COVID-19 pandemic and fears of mass infections and lockdowns.
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