Fact check - Long before the cruise ship MV Hondius outbreak, the Andes strain of hantavirus had caused outbreaks in Argentina in 1996 & 2018.

A Tempo fact check debunks social media claims that the Hantavirus is a laboratory-engineered conspiracy or an agenda for vaccine commercialization.

A rare virus carried by rodents has infected 13 people and killed three during an outbreak linked to an Antarctic cruise ship, which has triggered a global public health response…

Fact check - Long before the cruise ship MV Hondius outbreak, the Andes strain of hantavirus had caused outbreaks in Argentina in 1996 & 2018.

Fact check - No valid scientific evidence to support the claim that Hanta virus is the result of a conspiracy.