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Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO), [said](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/9/who-chief-says-hantavirus-outbreak-is-not) in a statement on Saturday. Here is a a breakdown

Passenger from Congo boards flight ‘in error’, prompting diversion to Canada amid Ebola outbreak

World Health Organization [said](https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-and-uganda-20-may-2026) that so far, there have been almost 600 suspected

First Thing: US-Iran ceasefire at risk after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz

World Health Organization has offered reassurances that this is not [the start of a pandemic

How different countries are dealing with passengers from the ship

World Health Organization (WHO) on 4 May. Three passengers - a Dutch couple and a German

Joy and desire for change as Gaza’s Deir el-Balah holds elections

World Health Organization during vaccination campaigns … we tested it, and it stays on the finger

UK identifies new suspected hantavirus case on remote island

World Health Organization](/news/2026/5/7/who-confirms-five-cases-of-hantavirus-linked-to-cruise-ship) said global risk remains low, even though the Andean strain identified

Inside war-hit Sudan’s only functioning hospital curing tropical diseases

World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month verified and documented at least 217 attacks on health

Tenerife medics poised for arrival of virus-hit cruise ship

World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, now in Tenerife to oversee the disembarking, has praised

Where did the hantavirus outbreak start, and where has it spread?

World Health Organization (WHO) and the cruise company Oceanwide Expeditions had said none of the more

Anger and resignation in Tenerife as hantavirus ship approaches

World Health Organization (WHO) that the passengers of the vessel, which has seen an outbreak

Spanish authorities prepare for arrival of hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

World Health Organization has entrusted Spain with this operation – which, as I’ve said, is unprecedented

Worldwide race to trace passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

World Health Organization has said. The UN health agency also said [the outbreak is not the start

Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns

World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country

Twenty-two people set to leave hospital after hantavirus isolation

World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that while "there is no sign

U.S. cruise passengers head to Nebraska for hantavirus monitoring

World Health Organization](https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600). The returning Americans [had been isolating](https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5814761)

Contact tracing could be key in halting the spread of hantavirus. Here's how it works

World Health Organization's health emergency alert and response efforts, at a press conference on Thursday

Britons on virus-hit cruise ship to isolate at hospital after being flown to UK

World Health Organization said on Saturday that there were currently no symptomatic passengers on board

CDC says threat of widespread outbreak of hantavirus remains low

World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized the outbreak of this rare virus did not constitute a pandemic

War and neglect fuel deadly measles epidemic in Sudan’s Darfur

World Health Organization (WHO). Outbreaks can result in severe complications and deaths, especially among young

Tourist hotspot at 'end of the world' denies causing hantavirus outbreak

World Health Organization's estimated incubation period of between one and eight weeks. Petrina agreed