Canary Islands president protests docking of hantavirus-affected Dutch cruise ship
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Updated · The New York Times · May 8
Canary Islands president protests docking of hantavirus-affected Dutch cruise ship
12 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 8
The protest came as health experts stressed hantavirus is unlike coronavirus, even as protective suits, contact tracing and testing revived pandemic-era fears.
Doctors said the virus spreads differently and is far less consequential than Covid-19, but public anxiety persisted and social media users questioned whether travel was safe.
The episode has stirred what some experts called lingering Covid trauma, with renewed public demand for advice from physicians who became prominent during the pandemic.
Dozens of passengers disembarked before quarantine. Could they be unknowingly spreading this deadly virus across the globe right now?
Hantavirus research was defunded last year. Did this decision leave the world vulnerable to today's deadly outbreak?
With a 50% fatality rate, are we ignoring the threat of a hantavirus that spreads between humans?