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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Heath Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says that increased public concern over the reported Hantavirus cases is understandable, given the recent outbreak of Covid19- virus. This follows the death of three people, with three others falling ill with the virus, due to an outbreak on a Netherlands-based cruise ship.
A British tourist who was also on the ship is in Intensive Care Unit at a Kempton Park hospital.
Three people have died, and three others have fallen ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, authorities and media reports said on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/Q5Lw9ADFzx
— SABC News (@SABCNews) May 4, 2026
Motsoaledi has also explained how the virus is spread.
“People have got the right to be concerned, and scared because remember that we just come from one of the biggest pandemics in the history of humanity, the coronavirus. People don’t want to see us going back to something like that, and that’s why we are suspicious. It’s a zoologic disease, zoologics that is usually found in animals, but when wild animals come in contact with human beings, these diseases usually go to human beings. Most of the time, it’s happening because humanity all over the world is encroaching on the habitat of these organisms,” explains Motsoaledi.
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