Another Swedish citizen has now been placed in isolation after suspected exposure to the hantavirus on a flight from Johannesburg. Meanwhile, authorities and the media continue to ramp up the alarm over the virus—even though the Public Health Agency of Sweden itself describes the risk of widespread transmission as low.
The Swedish national is believed to have been seated near an infected individual on a flight from South Africa. The information was relayed via the World Health Organization (WHO) and international public health authorities before Swedish authorities sounded the alarm, reports Daily News (DN).
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