A (wild?) speculation of mine is that CoViD 19 was an already established disease of some rural area. Unemployment due to the African Swine Fever Virus epizootic compelled residents to relocate. I am guessing that a market worker or truck driver infected the small carnivores and customers.

https://trueinfections.com/Concerning_Animal_sales_from_Wuhan_wet_markets_immediately_prior_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic.html

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Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
By Matty Edwards and agencies

Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship

#CapeVerde #Argentina #SouthAfrica #StHelena #Infectiousdiseases #Africa #Science #Netherlands #Worldnews #MattyEdwards #agencies

"CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three..."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/three-dead-in-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-aboard-cruise-ship-in-the-atlantic-ocean-who-says

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Three die after suspected virus outbreak on cruise ship

A suspected outbreak of hantavirus, which is spread by contact with rat and mice faeces, has killed three people on a cruise ship.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-04/hantavirus-outbreak-atlantic-cruise-ship-three-dead/106637434

#InfectiousDiseases #TravelandTourism #Health #Cruises

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
By Guardian staff and agencies

Further three people taken ill, including 69-year-old Briton reported to be in intensive care in South Africa

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/three-passengers-dead-after-suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-on-cruise-ship

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First malaria drug for babies is approved in ‘major public health milestone’
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older children

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/02/new-drug-coartem-baby-babies-malaria-who-treatment

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