play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upplay videoplay videoVideo Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow28:00Inside StoryShould we be worried about the hantavirus outbreak?The incident has drawn comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The World Health Organization says the hantavirus poses a low risk to public health.
Arrangements are underway to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship after three people on board died.
So, how are officials applying the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to respond to the hantavirus?
Dr Mukesh Kapila – Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester
Dr Margaret Harris – Lecturer at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, former W.H.O. spokeswoman
Nicholas Locker – Professor of Virology at the Pirbright Institute, near Guildford, UK
