False. The WHO has described the outbreak of hantavirus as a ‘cluster’ and said in a press conference that there is no sign it is the start of a larger outbreak.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has not warned that hantavirus is spreading “very fast across the world”, contrary to claims being made on social media.

Posts making this claim have been circulating widely on X and Facebook since the outbreak of the cluster of hantavirus cases aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship. Three of the ship’s passengers have died, two of whom were confirmed to have had hantavirus. There have been eight confirmed, two suspected cases (and one inconclusive case) in total, including two Brits.

But the WHO has not warned that it is spreading quickly around the world.

In a press conference held in Madrid on 12 May, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “WHO’s assessment continues to be that the risk to health globally continues to be low.

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