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Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Video. WHO says hantavirus cruise outbreak is ‘not the next COVID’

Updated: 07/05/2026 - 16:38 GMT+2

An expert from WHO has stressed that the situation should not be compared to Covid-19, saying: “This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a Covid pandemic."

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