Fernando Simón’s reappearance in some media outlets, claiming that the risk of hantavirus is “very low” for Spain, has reminded many people of the initial public statements made by the director of Spain’s Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies (CCAES) before Covid-19 became a pandemic. While infectious diseases do have a degree of unpredictability, this situation is completely different; hantavirus bears little resemblance to SARS-CoV-2.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and Spain’s Ministry of Health have agreed that a team of epidemiologists will examine on Tuesday afternoon the condition of the 147 people on board the luxury cruise ship MV Hondius before deciding on the port where passengers will be allowed to disembark. The shipping company responsible for the vessel, which sails under the Dutch flag, is Oceanwide Expeditions.

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