WHO and CIDRAP experts reassure: "This is an outbreak on a ship, not a new pandemic." The risk of widespread transmission among the population is assessed as low.

📉 This is not a new COVID-19
Hantavirus is not transmitted from person to person (unlike influenza or coronavirus); the main route of infection is through contact with rodents or their excretions.

The main danger is localized on board the ship. The risk to the public is minimal if basic hygiene measures are observed and there is no contact with carriers (rodents) in endemic areas.

However, the fate of about 30 passengers who disembarked on the island of Saint Helena is unknown.

Stay informed (monitoring map), but without panic) 🖐

Follow official statements from the Ministry of Health and WHO.

🤓 Timeline of events: here
🤫 Rospotrebnadzor assessment: via link

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