The spread of the Hantavirus among passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean does not appear to be the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. This was announced by the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday, May 6.
He said the risks facing the rest of the world were low. Ghebreyesus also stressed that he does not currently see the need to hold a meeting of the Emergency Situations Committee regarding the situation with the Hantavirus.
The newspaper reported that when asked whether the World Health Organization saw similarities with the state of emergency at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, he replied: “No, I don’t think so.” Vanguard.
At the same time, the head of the World Health Organization indicated that the organization had taken all possible measures to respond, including ensuring that three people were evacuated from the plane.
Earlier, South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that the Hanta virus strain that caused the death of three passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius had been identified by specialists in South Africa. We are talking about its most dangerous form, which can be transmitted from person to person.
In addition, it became known that a case of Hanta virus infection had been detected in Switzerland.