Why is the world panicking about hantavirus?
Warum? · Season 1 · Episode 18
Several cruise passengers died after developing severe respiratory symptoms and tested positive for a rare hantavirus; while it evokes pandemic fears, WHO says hantaviruses spread far less easily than SARS-CoV-2 and this does not signal the start of a new pandemic.
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Season
1
Episode
18
Air Date
07/May/2026
Air Time
—
Runtime
6 min
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Several cruise passengers died after developing severe respiratory symptoms and tested positive for a rare hantavirus; while it evokes pandemic fears, WHO says hantaviruses spread far less easily than SARS-CoV-2 and this does not signal the start of a new pandemic.
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