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Another Virus “HANTAVIRUS” Hits China, 32 Tested As Man Dies After Positive

A man from China’s Yunnan province tested positive for Hantavirus on
Monday. He died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a
chartered bus, China’s Global Times reported. 32 other people have been
tested, the report added. 

Following his death, hantavirus became a trend on social media, with
people panicking that it was another COVID-19 ready to cause a new
pandemic. However, contrary to popular belief and WhatsApp university
schooling us about it, let’s get a reality check about hantavirus.

Firstly, unlike coronavirus, hantavirus is not airborne. Humans who
contract the hantavirus usually come into contact with rodents that
carry the virus. “Rodent infestation in and around the home remains the
primary risk for hantavirus exposure. Even healthy individuals are at
risk for HPS infection if exposed to the virus,” Centre for Disease
Control and Prevention said on its website. 

Although HPS can’t be passed on from person to person, it can be
contracted if someone touches their eyes, nose or mouth after touching
rodent droppings, urine, or nesting materials, states Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet.

 Among the early symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, muscle
ache, abdominal pain, dizziness, chills and abdominal problems, such as
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

About half of all HPS patients experience these symptoms. Late symptoms include lungs fill with fluid and shortness of breath.

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