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NIH Director Says Hantavirus ‘Is Not COVID’ As U.S. Passengers Prepare For Return (Latest Updates)

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Topline Jay Battacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said Sunday on CNN the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic was “not COVID,” suggesting he does not believe it poses pandemic-level risk and his agency doesn’t “want to cause a public panic”, as the U.S. prepares for the return of 18 passengers from the ship. Timeline The passengers and a “limited number” o...
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