New Delhi, May 9 -- Amid the ongoing hantavirus outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday (local time) addressed the people of Tenerife, as the Dutch-flagged cruise ship prepares to disembark exposed passengers in Tenerife.

In a rather lengthy post on X, the WHO Director-General addressed the concerns and wrote, "I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word 'outbreak or epidemic' and see a ship approaching your shores, memories surface that none of us has fully overcome. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not minimise it for a moment."

Tedros noted that this is not another COVID-19. He added, "The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low. My ...