WHO Chief Assures Tenerife Residents of Low Risk from Cruise Ship with Hantavirus Case
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The head of the World Health Organization has reassured residents of Tenerife that the risk posed by an incoming cruise ship carrying a hantavirus case remains low. The cruise vessel is expected to arrive in waters near the Spanish island at dawn. Hantavirus is a rare but serious viral infection that can be transmitted from rodents to humans, though human-to-human transmission is extremely uncommon, making the risk to the general population minimal despite the ship's arrival.