Hantavirus killed one in China

Amid the panic of the novel coronavirus pandemic, also called COVID - 19 in which over 17000 people have been killed, the world has been thrown into another fear. Coronavirus started in China before spreading to other countries. Another person has died from another virus in China, called 'hantavirus'

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The Chinese Man died as a result of 'hantavirus' causing panic. This happened at a time the world is still fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. Chinese State _ media reported.

The man from Yunnan province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus on Monday. He tested positive for hantavirus. Other 32 people on bus were tested.

Though, some think it is a new virus. But it is not a new virus. Hantavirus has been affecting human for decades. United State's National Center for Biotechnology Information in a journal writes that currently hantavirus genus includes more than 21 species. It is spread by rodent. Hantavirus can cause various disease syndrome In people across the world.