'The risk of hantavirus spreading to the global population is "absolutely low",' the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.
This reaction comes after an explosion on the MV Hondius cruise ship, where 3 passengers lost their lives.
"This is a dangerous virus, but only for the person who is actually infected. The risk to the general population remains extremely low," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters.
He stressed that even among people who shared cabins with an infected person on the MV Hondius cruise ship, "it appears that, in some cases, none of them were infected."
"It's not like measles, for example: if you're here in the press room and someone in front is coughing, the front rows will be at risk. Close contact means practically nose to nose. This is not a new Covid," he concluded.
