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New suspected hantavirus cases found in Spain and remote Tristan da Cunha

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Exterior of the emergency unit area of Sant Joan university hospital where a woman with symptoms consistent with a hantavirus infection is being treated, according to local media, in Alicante, Spain May 8, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Rafael Molina)
The announcements in locations thousands of miles apart will fuel concern, though the WHO has repeatedly said the risk to the public is low and the virus does not transmit easily.