In this week’s edition, we explain how Spain is continuously fighting on numerous fronts to prevent diseases passed from animals to humans from spreading and leading to another pandemic, as the world hopes for the hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks to end soon.
Alex Dunham - alex.dunham@thelocal.com
Updated: Sat 23 May 2026 09:04 CET
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The hantavirus outbreak is just one of several battles against zoonoses being fought by Spanish authorities currently. (Photo by Antony DICKSON / AFP)
In this week’s edition, we explain how Spain is continuously fighting on numerous fronts to prevent diseases passed from animals to humans from spreading and leading to another pandemic, as the world hopes for the hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks to end soon.
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