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WHO Updates Hantavirus Advice, Stressing There’s No Reason To Expect A Pandemic

IFL Science

By Stephen Luntz

May 14, 2026

As another person is placed on a ventilator, the World Health Organization (WHO) is trying to strike the right balance in preventing complacency about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius without adding fuel to fear-mongering about a COVID-19-like pandemic. That’s leading to careful wording encouraging governments to prepare for more cases, while trying to emphasize that lockdowns and mass deaths are extremely unlikely.

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