A man who died on a bus in China has tested positive for a virus more fatal than Covid-19 that has very similar symptoms, state media reports. The victim died on a vehicle in Shandong as he made his way to work and was found to be suffering from hantavirus. News of the death comes just as the country is lifting quarantines implemented to deal with the novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan. Swedish scientist Dr Sumaiya Shaikh tweeted: 'The #Hantavirus first emerged in 1950s in the American-Korean war in Korea (Hantan river). Although hantavirus is rare, it carries a 38 per cent death rate according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Source: Daily Mail March 24, 2020 20:12 UTC