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Hantavirus: Man in coronavirus-ravaged China dies from similar disease spread by rats

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A man who died in China has reportedly tested positive for hantavirus - a disease that is spread through rodents. China's Global Times report that the man was travelling from Yunnan Province to Shangdong province on a bus when he died.

Around 32 others that were on the bus at the time have been tested for the virus. Their results are not known. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hantaviruses are a family of viruses which are spread mainly by rodents and can cause varied diseases in people.

The disease is not airborne and can only spread to people if they come in contact with urine, faeces, and saliva of rodents and less frequently by a bite from an infected host. Do you have a coronavirus story?

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