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Hantavirus Infected person dies on bus in China; other passengers tested

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Research reveals that Hantavirus is a previously known family of viruses and is spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied disease syndromes in people but the cases of person-to-person transmission are rare.

According to a report by the Global Times, a particular person from China’s Yunnan Province, who tested positive for hantavirus, died on a chartered bus on Monday, adding that 32 other passengers of the bus were also tested.

Hantavirus is a previously known family of viruses and is spread mainly by rodents (rats) and can cause varied disease syndromes in people but the cases of person-to-person transmission are rare, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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“In Chile and Argentina, rare cases of person-to-person transmission have occurred among close contacts of a person who was ill with a type of hantavirus called Andes virus,” says CDC.

In most cases, hantavirus is spread when virus-containing particles from rodent urine, droppings, or saliva are stirred into the air, according to CDC. This means there are very low chances that this virus will spread further since person-to-person transmission is rare.

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More than 377,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and 16,500 have died due to novel coronavirus and hundreds of cities have imposed strict lockdowns to try to contain the outbreak.

Culled from devdiscourse.com

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