A man who died in China on Monday reportedly tested positive for a form of hantavirus, a virus that is spread through rodents, but experts say that it’s highly unlikely to turn into another pandemic.
“He was tested positive for #hantavirus. Other 32 people on bus were tested,” Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpiece The Global Times wrote on social media. It said a man from Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province. The Twitter post from the Global Times appears to have triggered panic, and it was shared thousands of times in just hours.
