Should we fear a new pandemic? Marc Van Ranst about the hantavirus: “Only when this happens will I start to worry”

The hantavirus seems to be getting closer, now that a KLM flight attendant with symptoms has also been placed in quarantine. How dangerous is this virus really, and should we worry about a Covid-like outbreak? Virologist Marc Van Ranst (KU Leuven), currently on a monkeypox mission in Rwanda, provides explanations about the risks. “Only when this happens will I start to worry.” Five questions about the contagious Andean variant of the hantavirus answered.

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