Experts say because this strain of hantavirus typically requires prolonged or intimate contact, it is not as contagious as covid during the pandemic.
May 8, 2026 at 1:58 p.m. EDT23 minutes ago
Medical personnel in hazmat suits wait for patients evacuated from the Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infections at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on Wednesday. (Peter Dejong/AP)
As health officials scramble to limit the cruise ship spread of hantavirus, a rodent-borne disease that can be deadly when spread to humans, they’re all stressing one thing: this is not the coronavirus pandemic of a few years ago.
