A message is going viral on social media about a new virus name Hantavirus by Chinese media outlet Global Times on Tuesday about a man who tested positive for the Hantavirus, this news is coming were already people are scared with coronavirus.
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A message is going viral on social media about a new virus name Hantavirus by Chinese media outlet Global Times on Tuesday about a man who tested positive for the Hantavirus, this news is coming were already people are scared with coronavirus.
A person from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus on Monday. He was tested positive for #hantavirus. Other 32 people on bus were tested. pic.twitter.com/SXzBpWmHvW
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) March 24, 2020
Global Times tweeted on Tuesday that a person from "Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus on Monday. He was tested positive for #hantavirus. Other 32 people on bus were tested".
Facts Check Verdict: True
News Verification:
Some people are calling it a new virus but so is not the case. United States' National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in a journal writes that currently, the hantavirus genus includes more than 21 speciesHantaviruses spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied disease syndromes in people worldwide.
Global Times' tweet that said a person from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province on a chartered bus. The man tested positive for the hantavirus. Thirty-two other people who were on the bus were also tested, the tweet further said.
More Fact on Hantavirus can be searched in CDC website.
Stop Spreading fake news. Hantavirus is not airborne and it does not spread like coronavirus. It is an old virus and only spreads by rodents.
— FileForty (@FileForty) March 24, 2020
Share this with others, please.#Hantavirus pic.twitter.com/TbtHPfLGcN
One ttwitter user wrote.Hantavirus cannot be transferred from person to person as in #COVID19.
Hantavirus cannot be transferred from person to person as in #COVID19.
But, stay away from rats; those creatures seem to be one of the deadliest vectors around.
Please be safe
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