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WHO chief Tedros personal message to calm fears over hantavirus outbreak

WHO Director General Tedros during a virtual press conference in Geneva on the hantavirus cluster linked to a cruise ship, May 7, 2026. [AFP]

As memories of Covid-19 continue to shape how countries across the globe respond to disease outbreaks, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a rare personal message seeking to calm fears over the reported hantavirus outbreak.

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