As the world continues to struggle with the accelerating coronavirus pandemic, there are fears that another deadly illness has the potential to comb the world.

It’s been reported that an individual from China’s Yunnan has died after testing positive for hantavirus, a rare kind of virus transmitted from rodents to humans.

The man died on his way back to Shandong Province, consistent with Global Times, an English-language publication based in China.

The news has caused much consternation online, and Global Times’ original tweet has been shared thousands of times;

somewhat understandable within this climate.

But is it something we should always always be worried about? Here are the facts:

What is hantavirus?

Hantaviruses are viruses that normally cause infection in rats and other rodents, but don’t cause disease in them.

Such viruses can be transmitted to humans through a rodent’s urine, saliva or feces, though this is often rare.

Some strains – if they’re transmitted to humans – can cause fatal diseases like hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).

A rare respiratory disease which on the face of it’d appear not too dissimilar to COVID-19.

Cases of hantaviruses – named after the Han River area in South Korea where an epidemic was first observed within the 70s – are reported on all continents except Australia.

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