By Nik Dirga of RNZ Explainer - The internet is filling with panic about hantavirus, but is it really as dangerous as Covid-19? Here's what we know so far. Three deaths and several infections on a cruise ship off South America has raised alarms for many, in a world where some are still mentally and physically recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. "This is not going to be another coronavirus pandemic, from all we know about this agent," said epidemiologist Michael Baker - a man who knows his pandemics and was one of New Zealand's most prominent experts during Covid-19. "This is not another Covid," World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has also said. "The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low." What's happening with this outbreak? Could it come to New Zealand? Three people have died and at least six others appear to be infected after an outbreak of hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was travelling around South America last month.…