WHO Director General Tedros during a virtual press conference in Geneva on the hantavirus cluster linked to a cruise ship, May 7, 2026. [AFP]
As memories of Covid-19 continue to shape how countries across the globe respond to disease outbreaks, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a rare personal message seeking to calm fears over the reported hantavirus outbreak.