Milan, May 6 (LaPresse) – "This is not the next Covid, but it is a serious infectious disease. Most people will never be exposed to it." This was stated by Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s leading epidemic expert, adding that the Andean variant of hantavirus is well known. Although the WHO has never recorded an outbreak of this virus on a ship. Access to clinical care for those on board is important, she said, because infected people can develop severe acute respiratory failure and may require oxygen or mechanical ventilation. The incubation period of hantavirus "can range from one to six weeks, or even longer," Van Kerkhove said.
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