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Hantavirus is giving me Covid flashbacks – so how worried should I be?

Hantavirus is giving me Covid flashbacks – so how worried should I be?

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore During the past few days me and everyone else I know have been experiencing an uncomfortable sense of deja vu. The phrase “zoonotic virus” has been cropping up a lot, alongside “human to human contact”, “track and trace” and “self-isolation”. The World Health Organisation is releasing regular statements, as are members of the ultimate ‘don’t panic department’ UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). It feels eerily like 2020. Instead of coronavirus dominating the headlines, this time it is the hantavirus outbreak. The focus is not on ski resorts in Italy, but a Dutch cruise ship, the MV Hondius, where eight cases of this rodent-borne disease have now been linked back to the boat, with five confirmed by laboratory testing. So far, there have been three deaths on board since the Hondius set sail from Argentina at the start of April. Photographs of …