A WHO official has moved to reassure the public after a cluster of hantavirus cases emerged on a cruise ship docked in the Canary Islands, saying the average person has no reason to be alarmed.⁣ ⁣ Dr. Boris Pavlin, Team Lead for Field and Humanitarian Epidemiology, WHO, stressed that hantavirus is not a new virus and that it has been known for decades, with a major outbreak in the United States in 1993 and well-documented cases in Argentina and Chile.⁣ ⁣ Pavlin also again stated that hantavirus “is not Covid’. ⁣ ⁣ "If it were Covid, we would have seen it explode long, long ago,"Pavlin told CGTN’s Ken Browne.⁣ ⁣ #Hantavirus #Tenerife #CanaryIslands #WHO #PublicHealth #WorldNews #BreakingNews #Health #CruiseShip #Spain