WHO warns additional hantavirus cases couldappear in the coming weeks

World Health Organization (WHO) Director‑General Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that further Hantavirus cases could appear in the coming weeks, after passengers were evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which experienced an outbreak.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Tedros stated that the global public‑health risk remains low.

He added that, because the virus has a long