As the world saw with COVID-19, the only thing that spreads faster than a virus is misinformation, and Hantavirus is no exception. Despite only a few confirmed cases, conspiracy theories have swirled on social media falsely claiming Hantavirus is a planned pandemic, or a ploy to disrupt the US midterm elections. Others alleged it's a "bioweapon" created by big pharma to “poison” people or even that it's a side effect of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
‘Plandemic, Covid 2.0’: Fact-checking viral conspiracy theories about Hantavirus
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Mon 13:18 - Die Welt
“What we see on the street often has its foundation in universities”
Tue 17:54 - n-tv Politik
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Thu 10:30 - National Review
Antisemitism Isn’t Random
Thu 12:50 - Fox News
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Thu 15:35 - Fox News
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Thu 16:25 - Middle East Eye
Zack Polanski calls out politicians using antisemitism as a ‘political football’
Thu 20:12 - BBC Politics
Two Green Party candidates arrested over alleged antisemitic online posts
Fri 06:46 - Süddeutsche Zeitung Alles
Anti-Semitism: Jews feel increasingly unsafe in Germany
Fri 10:47 - Tagesschau
Anti-Semitism affects almost every second Jewish community
Fri 12:51 - Middle East Eye
US congressmen introduce resolution condemning Hasan Piker for alleged antisemitism
Fri 15:31 - HLN (BE)
London police commissioner warns of 'pandemic of anti-Semitism'
Sat 09:04 - BBC Politics
Chris Mason: PM seeks to draw contrast with critics within his party and beyond
Sat 18:55 - Middle East Eye
UK Muslim groups slam government for ‘scapegoating’ Gaza anti-genocide protests as antisemitism
Sun 11:48 - Middle East Eye
Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemns 'vile antisemitic caricature' in The Times
Mon 04:35 - HLN (BE)
Rare virus outbreak on cruise ship: three passengers died, fourth in intensive care
Mon 09:51 - HLN (BE)
Fuss about 'virus ship': Cape Verde does not allow sick people to disembark - WHO soothes: “No reason to panic”
Mon 12:55 - HLN (BE)
Dream trip 'abruptly interrupted': deceased Dutch people on a cruise loved nature
Mon 16:25 - HLN (BE)
Second infection confirmed: deceased Dutch woman (69) also had hantavirus
Tue 04:27 - HLN (BE)
Cruise ship travelers didn't know what was going on at first: “A very scary period”
Tue 09:46 - HLN (BE)
Doctors boarded to evacuate two people - WHO CEO: “Everyone will probably have to be tested”
Tue 16:34 - HLN (BE)
Cruise company: “No new passenger with symptoms”, sickest patients to the Netherlands
Wed 10:25 - HLN (BE)
Dutch virologist calls Andean variant transmission from human to human exceptional: “Until now, this had never really been proven”
Wed 13:42 - HLN (BE)
WHO: “Hantavirus on cruise ship does not resemble the beginning of the Covid pandemic”
Wed 16:05 - HLN (BE)
Cruise ship evacuation flight makes stopover in Gran Canaria - Researchers believe Dutch bird watcher couple may have caused hantavirus outbreak
Thu 07:44 - HLN (BE)
KLM stewardess admitted to hospital after contact with hantavirus patient
Thu 16:29 - HLN (BE)
Risk Management Group meets to determine what should happen to two Belgians on board a cruise ship
Fri 07:04 - HLN (BE)
KLM stewardess tests negative for hantavirus, two Britons are infected
Fri 10:46 - HLN (BE)
Risk for the entire population is “absolutely small”, WHO assures: “No new Covid”
Fri 13:53 - HLN (BE)
Two Belgians after repatriation to UZA for follow-up, third Belgian may have had contact with infected traveler
Sat 05:07 - HLN (BE)
WHO reports 6 confirmed infections with transmissible variant of hantavirus: “Only dangerous with very close contact”
Sat 09:56 - HLN (BE)
Evacuation of cruise ship with hantavirus must be completed within 24 hours due to bad weather: “Otherwise there is a risk of delays of days or even weeks”
Sat 15:05 - BBC Headlines
Britons on virus-hit cruise ship to isolate at hospital after being flown to UK
Sat 16:30 - HLN (BE)
Highly contagious norovirus kills more than 100 passengers and 10 crew members on cruise ship in Caribbean
Sun 04:50 - HLN (BE)
Hondius arrived at Tenerife: passengers are disembarked from 9 am
Sun 05:39 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, the Hondius ship entered the port of Granadilla in Tenerife
Sun 05:39 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, the Hondius ship entered the port of Granadilla in Tenerife
Sun 06:00 - HLN (BE)
What question do you have about the hantavirus and the rescue operation?
Sun 07:50 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus, the Hondius ship entered the port of Granadilla in Tenerife
Sun 08:51 - ANSA Top News
The disembarkation of the first passengers from the Hondius ship has begun
Sun 08:51 - ANSA Mondo
The disembarkation of the first passengers from the Hondius ship has begun
Sun 08:55 - HLN (BE)
WATCH LIVE. Evacuation of Hondius passengers started: first group of Spaniards ready for repatriation flight
Sun 09:20 - HLN (BE)
Race against time: British Air Force drops to assist hantavirus patient on remote island
Sun 11:13 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: the video story of the evacuation of the ship affected by the virus which left three dead
Sun 12:44 - France 24
Hantavirus poses 'very little risk' to wider public, health expert says
Sun 13:25 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: the different rules for confining repatriated passengers depending on the country
Sun 13:55 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus, ship evacuated to Tenerife: "All asymptomatic"
Sun 15:08 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: the MV Hondius gradually emptied of its passengers and crew members
Sun 16:27 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, one of the French repatriates has symptoms, isolation is triggered
Sun 16:27 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, one of the French repatriates has symptoms, isolation is triggered
Sun 18:03 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: fear of contamination by swimming rats, maximum protection measures... The story of the evacuation of passengers from the MV Hondius
Sun 18:18 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus: the odyssey ends, the passengers of the Hondius ship have disembarked
Sun 20:46 - Washington Examiner
French passenger of hantavirus ship showed symptoms on flight home
Sun 21:27 - La Libre (BE)
Hantavirus: the two Belgian passengers arrived safely at the Antwerp University Hospital, the FPS comments on their state of health
Sun 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, the commander said: "There is no risk of infection." But here are all the underestimated alarms
Sun 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, the ministry's alert for ships and planes: "More checks on arrivals from abroad"
Sun 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Blood tests to detect Hantavirus, but a real drug is still missing
Mon 04:06 - Politico EU
One American has tested positive for hantavirus, another has mild symptoms
Mon 05:36 - La Libre (BE)
DIRECT - Hantavirus: A first positive case in France
Mon 06:43 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: the government tightens the health system with “very strict” measures to face the risk of spread
Mon 06:53 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, the British paratroopers' mission to the remote island to save a compatriot
Mon 07:08 - ANSA Top News
A French woman tested positive for hantavirus, symptoms worsened after the return trip
Mon 07:08 - ANSA Mondo
A French woman tested positive for hantavirus, symptoms worsened after the return trip
Mon 07:40 - ANSA Main
An American and a French citizen have tested positive for hantavirus
Mon 07:51 - Le Figaro
LIVE - Hantavirus: a French woman tested positive, “her condition deteriorated overnight” according to the Minister of Health
Mon 07:55 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: an American passenger on the MV Hondius tested positive
Mon 08:45 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: the French government is taking the “toughest measures in the European Union”, assures Maud Bregeon
Mon 09:35 - La Repubblica (IT)
Who is patient zero of the Hantavirus: the ornithologist Leo Schilperoord and the excursion to the landfill
Mon 10:05 - France 24
Hantavirus outbreak renews painful memories for Patagonian village
Mon 10:19 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, an American who landed tested positive. A French woman worsens, 22 cases of contact
Mon 10:44 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus, a Frenchwoman and an American tested positive, were on the Hondius
Mon 11:10 - La Repubblica (IT)
Gene Hackman, the actor and his wife died from Hantavirus one year ago
Mon 11:49 - La Repubblica (IT)
Moderna shares jump 8% after a US citizen tested positive for Hantavirus
Mon 12:32 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, mandatory quarantine for the 24-year-old from Torre del Greco
Mon 13:38 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: a woman tested positive, two veterinarians and animal journalists... What we know about the five repatriated French people
Mon 13:45 - ANSA Main
++ Hantavirus, mandatory quarantine also for 25-year-old Calabrians ++
Mon 13:54 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: has France really implemented the strictest health measures in Europe?
Mon 17:21 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: has France learned the lessons of the Covid crisis on mask stocks?
Mon 18:01 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: the slow reaction of American health authorities is debated
Mon 19:14 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: why the current situation is not comparable to that of Covid
Mon 19:48 - France 24
‘Plandemic, Covid 2.0’: Fact-checking viral conspiracy theories about Hantavirus
Mon 20:03 - Le Figaro
Hantavirus: is contamination likely to spread? Is there a vaccine?... Le Figaro's answers to the questions that arise after the positive test of a French woman
Mon 20:56 - ANSA Top News
Hantavirus, the Hondius ship expected on Sunday evening in Rotterdam
Mon 20:56 - ANSA Mondo
Hantavirus, the Hondius ship expected on Sunday evening in Rotterdam
Mon 21:30 - ANSA Main
Hantavirus: the Hondius set sail for the Netherlands. Ministry: '6-week quarantine'. Two Italians in isolation
Mon 23:00 - La Repubblica (IT)
Hantavirus, infections are rising. Mandatory quarantine for the two Italian seafarers
Tue 03:00 - Le Monde
Hantavirus: what is the risk of spread as each country chooses its containment rules?
Tue 04:32 - Le Figaro
LIVE - Hantavirus: MV Hondius heads to the Netherlands after evacuations end