
Hantavirus Scare Eases as French Contacts Test Negative
Health officials in Paris and The Hague have confirmed a wave of negative hantavirus tests, offering hope that the outbreak linked to the MV Hondius has been successfully contained.

Health officials in Paris and The Hague have confirmed a wave of negative hantavirus tests, offering hope that the outbreak linked to the MV Hondius has been successfully contained.

The WHO insists the hantavirus should not be compared to COVID-19 and that the public health risk posed by it is low.

The French PM said he would issue a decree in the evening on Sunday authorising the appropriate isolation measures to be put in place to protect the public.