The World Health Organization (WHO) assured this Thursday that there are no reasons for the outbreak of hantavirus who has signed up for a cruise becomes a great epidemicnor can it be compared with what happened when the covid-19.
“This is not coronavirusthis is a very virus differentwho has been there for a long time, we know. So I want to be clear, this It is not the beginning of a pandemic like that of covid. It is a outbreak on a boatin a confined area with five confirmed cases until now,” WHO acting director of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, Maria Van Kerkhove, told reporters.
He added that the hantavirus is transmitted in the form very different from coronavirus cause of the pandemic six years ago, through close and intimate contact, while the person responsible for the covid-19 was infected by airway.
The head of the Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations Department, Abdirahman Mohamud, recalled that the current situation is similar to one that occurred in Argentina in 2018-2019, and which ended with 34 infections.
“We then had a similar situation in which a person symptomatic went to a social gatheringwhich caused many people to will infect. The current case is similar, infections in a closed space with contact narrow“he recalled.
“If we follow the public health measures and apply the lessons learned in Argentina on contact tracing and isolationwhich have been shared with all countries, we can break the drive chain“added the expert.